Threat to the press goes undetected

Senator Kamnoon’s question has been pending for some time in the Senate, and PM Yingluck could have sent anybody to answer it for her. However, on September 27, the Cabinet passed a resolution not to answer the said question at all, citing Article 156 of the Constitution: “MPs and Senators have the right to interrogate any minister with regard to their work or modus operandi and the minister has the right not to answer if the Cabinet thinks that it is a matter of national security or would effect the national interest.”
The said Cabinet resolution should be analysed in depth by the press as to why a policy to grant general amnesty or obtain a royal pardon should effect national security or the national interest, and whether the government has a right to keep it a secret. Instead, most of the press has chosen to cover up/ignore the story and remained silent on the matter, although other issues debated at the Senate yesterday were reported. If one does not listen to FM 85.5, the Parliament radio station or read Thai Post, one would not be aware of the said Cabinet resolution.
I am gravely concerned about freedom of the press in Thailand. If editors and reporters are biased or allow themselves to be persuaded by some means or another not to report a story that would annoy the government, does this not constitute a threat to freedom of the press in this country?
Amazed
Bangkok