The Military Court will still hear some 500 ongoing cases against civilians, a senior junta official said on Tuesday, a day after the regime announced an end to the controversial practice. Since the 2014 coup, the junta expanded the use of military courts to try more than 1,000 civilians, especially those critical of their rule or the monarchy. "The cases that are still under the deliberation of the Military Court will go ahead because they have already entered court procedure," Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam told reporters. "There are 1,500 cases in the military courts, of which 1,000 cases have already finished and 500 cases remain," he added. The military courts tend to have much higher conviction rates and are far harder to appeal.

Source: Bangkok Post September 13, 2016 09:22 UTC