Nuttaa Mahattana (C), a television reporter and activist speaks to media in front of the Maneeya Center building where the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) is located, in Bangkok, Thailand, February 6, 2018. (REUTERS) Nuttaa Mahattana (C), a television reporter and activist speaks to media in front of the Maneeya Center building where the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) is located, in Bangkok, Thailand, February 6, 2018. (REUTERS)A news conference by a Thai rights group was called off on Tuesday following a police warning not to hold the event or risk violating a junta ban on public gatherings. The meeting was led by Nuttaa Mahattana, a television reporter and activist, who spoke to Thai and foreign reporters gathered outside the building on Tuesday. They were worried that a press conference here would breach security laws and constitute an illegal assembly,” Nuttaa told reporters outside the FCCT on Tuesday.

Source: Indian Express February 06, 2018 05:48 UTC