The media organisations demanded the NCPO chief review the order and suggested the NBTC could use normal laws to regulate the media. The actions range from warning them, having them sign memorandums agreeing to stop airing illegal content and suspending or revoking licences. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam says the new NCPO order is aimed mainly at dealing with illegal community radio stations. The order also showed that the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), supposedly an independent organisation, was being used as a tool to threaten the mass media. The five media organisations also claimed there have been attempts to intervene in and limit the freedom of the media by enforcing new laws.

Source: Bangkok Post July 15, 2016 11:49 UTC