Reporters covering parliament news on Sunday issued a statement calling for the National Reform Steering Assembly to withdraw the controversial media bill from the meeting agenda of the NRSA. The Bill on the Protection and Promotion of Media Rights, Freedom, Ethics and Professional Standards, drawn up by NRSA's media reform committee, is set to be deliberated by the NRSA on May 1. They concluded in the statement that the draft legislation by the NRSA's media reform committee, which allowed for state officials to control media professionals as well as users of the social media, is not acceptable. They called for the NRSA to withdraw the bill for a review. More opinions should be taken from media organisations and field reporters.

Source: Bangkok Post April 30, 2017 05:03 UTC