Cambodia: 3 activists arrested for plotting against the government/insulting the king after documenting waste run-off

[Thaiger]

Documenting pollution is a public service, not terrorism. We urge authorities to be responsive to its citizens, not to silence them 3 members of an environmental activist group called “Mother Nature” have been arrested after they documented waste runoff that fed into Phnom Penh’s Tonle Sap river. They have been charged with plotting against the government and insulting the king. They face 5-10 years in prison for their offence. The suspected violators are 26 year old Sun Ratha, 22 year old Chandaravuth, and 32 year old Yim Leanghy. They were arrested earlier this month after they documented the waste runoff […]

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[King Cotton]

18 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

 . . . They were arrested earlier this month after they documented the waste runoff.

Let's hope Uncle Tu isn't reading this. He's got more than enough reasons for bullying activists already.

[Max-Howl]

Is it possible that the Thai government or Royal Palace believes its favorable to their reputation to imprison environmental whistle blowers?

Why is it that a country - blessed with, and so dependant on its natural beauty - is so ignorant when it comes to trash on its beaches and in the nature?  Allowing the iconic city of Chiang Mai, (and a great part of the country), to be the most air polluted area on earth? How can this even be good business?

What Thailand needs is a Margareth Thatcher, iconic former British PM, who with her own example ignited the British Public in a shared effort in cleaning up the country. Leaving the collection of garbage on the beaches to be up to well meaning foreigners - dirty farangs - is pitiful and a shameless testimonial to the incompetence of the governmental efforts to keep Thailand clean.  The generals wants the power, well, then use it on something meaningful.

[King Cotton]

27 minutes ago, Max-Howl said:

Is it possible that the Thai government or Royal Palace believes its favorable to their reputation to imprison environmental whistle blowers?

Why is it that a country - blessed with, and so dependant on its natural beauty - is so ignorant when it comes to trash on its beaches and in the nature?  Allowing the iconic city of Chiang Mai, (and a great part of the country), to be the most air polluted area on earth? How can this even be good business?

What Thailand needs is a Margareth Thatcher, iconic former British PM, who with her own example ignited the British Public in a shared effort in cleaning up the country. Leaving the collection of garbage on the beaches to be up to well meaning foreigners - dirty farangs - is pitiful and a shameless testimonial to the incompetence of the governmental efforts to keep Thailand clean.  The generals wants the power, well, then use it on something meaningful.

Some seriously worthy questions raised here. Thanks for such a meaningful debut post, too.

 

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[Julian]

Can we have someone proofread these articles before publishing them?  The sentence, "They did not extrapolate how the law had been broken", does not makes sense.  The verb the author is looking for is elaborate. 

[King Cotton]

9 hours ago, Julian said:

Can we have someone proofread these articles before publishing them?  The sentence, "They did not extrapolate how the law had been broken", does not makes sense.  The verb the author is looking for is elaborate

You are correct, of course, and, in truth, there are other bits of poor grammar, too, that I guess we can put down to reporter work-load and hurrying to get the piece submitted. Yes, let's not be too critical, for I'm sure the job does get more than a little hectic at times.

 

Hello, Julian and welcome to Thaiger Talk

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