(Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday again vented his frustration at Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS), the country's sole public TV station, over what he described as the station's bias and nitpicking against the government. A security official is on duty at the Thai PBS office. Despite changes in station directors, Thai PBS has remained the same because the staff refuse to change, he said. "Thai PBS should never forget where its funding comes from. Without maintaining neutrality in its news coverage and programmes, he said he wondered how Thai PBS could consider itself a public broadcast service.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2016 01:40 UTC