Govt officials banned from using work computers after case of lese majeste
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THE DEPARTMENT of Provincial Administration has decided to impose stricter controls on computer usage in its offices after one of its officials in Sa Kaew province allegedly posted a comment that was deemed as violating the lese majeste law.
Earlier this week, the department issued an order requiring all supervisors to ensure that none of their subordinates used state-owned computers to post any messages that might constitute criminal offence, even if it is via their personal accounts in social media applications such as Facebook or Line.
The order said if any official was found to have committed such an offence via state-owned devices, their supervisors would be held responsible too.
Grisada Boonrach, the department’s director-general, said the order was issued in response to an alleged lese majeste offence committed early this month.
“We are not restricting our officials’ rights or liberties. We only want to ensure they won’t use state-owned computers to cause any damage,” she said.
