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Anti-Amnesty International drive picks up

Anti-Amnesty International drive picks up

PM’s aide Seksakol ready to submit 1.2-million signature petition to security authorities

Activists are joined by lion dancers as they march along Silom Road seeking support to ban Amnesty International Thailand in November last year. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

An aide to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he is preparing to submit a petition next week seeking the expulsion from the country of the human rights group Amnesty International, which ultra-royalists accuse of undermining national security.

Seksakol Atthawong, a vice-minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, said the petition opposing Amnesty’s presence in Thailand had garnered 1.2 million signatures.

The petition will be submitted to the National…

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