Local authorities in the northeastern of Thailand has accused anti-dam activist of breaching the controversial Referendum Act after the activist criticized the draft charter on his Facebook three weeks ago.
On Thursday, 28 July 2016, Kritsakorn Silarak, an anti-dam activist from the Assembly of the Poor, posted on his Facebook account that eight authorities including two soldiers, two administrative officials, and four police officers, came to his office in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.
This is after the Election Commission of Thailand’s local officials filed a complaint against Kritsakon on 26 July for breaching Article 61(2) of the Referendum Act, alleging that he disrupted the process of August referendum.
Three weeks ago, Kritsakorn criticized the junta-sponsored draft charter on his Facebook and added that he will rejected it in the upcoming referendum. After publishing the post, he received a call from a soldier asking him to delete the post but he denied the request.
Authorities visit Kritsakorn's office but he was not there