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<div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1403519110&amp;typecate=06&amp;section=">Khaosod English</a> reported on Monday that spokesperson of the military junta has rejected the revelation by the former anti-government protest leader that the army has been seeking to overthrow the previous government for years.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), reportedly told his supporters over the weekend that he been closely coordinating with army chief and coupmaker Gen. </div>
<div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>Thai junta reportedly released 10 anti-coup protesters from detention early on Monday morning.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Ten people were released at about 01.10 am on Monday.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Eight of the ten are from the Thai Student Centre for Democracy group. They were arrested before they started their planned activity to hand out sandwiches as a symbolic protest against the coup at Siam Paragon Mall, Siam Square. </div></div>
<div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>Noam Chomsky, a respected linguist and critic of US foreign policy, on Sunday emailed Pavin Chachavalpongun to give moral support after the latter reportedly became a target of the Thai junta for his comments on the Thai coup, according to Pavin.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In the email, Chomsky expresses concerns over Pavin’s safety.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>“I am deeply disturbed to learn about the threats against Professor Pavin Chachavalpongun. </div></div></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1403337477&amp;typecate=06&amp;section=">Khaosod English</a> reported on Saturday that the spokesperson of the military junta claimed the army is detaining an anti-establishment red-shirt activist at an undisclosed location so she can meditate without any distractions from the outside world.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Kritsuda Khunasen, 27, was arrested by soldiers on 28 May in eastern Chonburi province, according to a number of activists. </div>
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<div>Thai police on Friday filed more charges against former Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang. He is now facing a maximum jail term of 14 years.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The police charged Chaturon under Article 14 of the Computer Crime Act for his Facebook posts of his anti-coup statement.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>He was previously charged with defying the junta’s order and with sedition under Article 116 of the Criminal Code. </div>
<div>Thai police have allegedly created fake applications to access Thai internet users’ personal information on Facebook if the users try to access blocked websites, the Thai Netizen Network reported on Thursday.<br />&nbsp;<br />When users try to access a blocked website, they are sometimes redirected to a landing page called “tcsd.info.” The web page would delude the users into navigating to a suspicious application on Facebook called “Login.” If users consented to the app, the users’ accounts were compromised.<br />&nbsp; </div>
<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thairath Online reports that the Commander of Technology Crime Suppression Division admits the mistake of shutting down the Association of Tennis Professionals websites (www.atptennis.com and www.atpworldtour.com) due to his misunderstanding of being gambling websites.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>He said the Police's Technology Crime Suppression Division has beefed up on measures against all kind of gambling websites. They would be shut down if found to constitute any kind of gambling.&nbsp;</div>