"Courts lie almost at the end of the justice process," said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher on Thailand for Human Rights Watch's Asia division. The order still lets military officers be equipped with police power. "Sunai thought that the order could pre-empt a ruling on the NCPO's actions during reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this month. "He felt that civil courts, despite not being attached to the military, had not done enough to check and balance the junta's judicial power. "The lifting of the Military Court's power may sound soothing.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 12, 2016 17:15 UTC