The government will investigate details in cases identified in a United Nations secretary-general's report on reprisals and intimidation against people cooperating with the UN on human rights, a government spokesman said on Thursday. Thailand and Myanmar are the only two Asean countries to have appeared in the report. With regards to Thailand, the report highlights Thai Human Rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri, and Lahu indigenous rights defender Maitree Chamroensuksakul as example cases. Ms Sirikan was charged with giving false information regarding a criminal offence last August after she participated in the March 2017 session of the Human Rights Committee. The report states that the cases documented in the secretary-general's report were verified by primary sources, but that many other cases had been omitted for security reasons.

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2018 00:11 UTC