TJA calls on NCPO to release Nation's reporter

In its press statement, the TJA also called on the NCPO to clarify its action, saying the arrest did not only threaten the Thai people's rights of expression but also affected the country's image.
"On behalf of the Thai Journalists Association (TJA), Manop Thiposoth, TJA's Vice Chairman on the Press Freedom and Media Reform and TJA spokesman said the TJA insists and call on all professional media to work responsibly and professionally. However, the national security's agency must also exercise its power carefully. As a journalist, Pravit Rojanaphruk, who is being detained, must have examined and criticised the work of the government. Keeping him in detention without any formal charge or clarification was against the principles of freedom of the press and the people's basic rights according to the Article 4 of the Interim Constitution," the TJA said in the statement.