PROFESSIONAL media associations voiced support yesterday for Voice TV and urged the broadcasting regulator to review its decision to ban the station for seven days. While Voice TV has had programmes banned several times since the military coup in 2014, suspension of a station’s operating licence is very rare. Thailand is still under a provisional charter issued by the junta after the coup in May 2014, which empowered it to restrict media freedom. Executives at Voice TV held a meeting yesterday to discuss getting programmes aired via online platforms, a source said. Voice TV is partly owned by Panthongtae and Pintongta Shinwatra, the son and daughter of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin.

Source: The Nation Bangkok March 28, 2017 18:01 UTC