Media industry to submit open letter opposing proposed media council
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Media organisations nationwide will step up measures against the media regulation bill by submitting an open letter voicing their opposition to reformers on Thursday.
The move came after the National Reform Steering Assembly’s (NRSA) media reform committee insisted Monday it would continue to push the contentious bill despite the media’s call to drop the draft.
“The bill is a severe threat towards media freedom in reporting news and scrutinising the state’s power as well as public’s right to access news and information,” Thepchai Yong, president of the Confederation of Thai Journalists, said in response to the latest NRSA media panel’s move.
Thepchai said he and 30 media organisations would submit the letter to all NRSA’s members through the vice chairman of the NRSA, Alongkorn Polaboot, at Parliament on Thursday.
