PM upset with note-takers at meeting on single gateway plan

He also insisted that he had not considered or issued any orders over the plan when confronted by reporters who said the Cabinet meeting’s minutes indicated that orders related to the plan had been issued four times. 

Prayut defended himself by saying that those who recorded notes of the meeting may not have jotted down every detail. “I am going to get those officials who took down notes at the meeting. I had asked the ministers and [was told] that the issue discussed at the meeting was that the single gateway plan must comply with the law and not violate human rights. If there is no law supporting this plan, and if it violates people’s rights, it will not be carried out,” he said.

A memo from the Office of Cabinet Secretary, signed by the Cabinet’s Secretary-General Ampon Kittiampon, said that all instructions from the PM would proceed in accordance with laws and regulations. 

Prayut had said earlier that if the single-gateway plan were found to be against the law, it would not be implemented. 

He also told reporters yesterday that the single-gateway plan had yet to be implemented and they should stop asking him about it. 

Opponents said the government has already put in place a “great firewall” to keep tabs on all communication, even though the authorities insist the plan is still being studied.