Thai professional media organizations call for NBTC's independence

SUNDAY, MAY 03, 2015
Thai professional media organizations call for NBTC's independence

The four Thai professional media organizations Sunday call for independence of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission.

The Thai Journalists Association, the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association, the National Press Council of Thailand and the News Broadcasting Council of Thailand made the call on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day.
“The agency was established with the will of the people to be independent body to freely and justly allocate frequencies, which is national asset, for the public interest,” the joint statement of the organizations said.