Military CourtPRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha insisted yesterday that security-related cases already being tried in military courts would not be transferred to civilian courts, despite calls from rights groups for his government to do this. In some cases, more than 10 people had already testified, he said.More than 1,800 people involved in 1,500 cases have appeared in military courts since the 2014 coup. "We are very encouraged by (the junta's) decision," said Laurent Meillan, acting representative of the United Nations Human Rights |Office for Southeast Asia. "The decision will spare many Thai civilians the injustice of a military trial, but repressive military rule is still a reality in Thailand. "The Internet Law Reform Dialogue or iLaw, said civilians should never have been tried in military courts in the first place.Military judges lacked academic credentials.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 13, 2016 17:15 UTC