PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha responded angrily to a report from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which criticised the authorities’ dealing with suspects in certain cases.
The report, submitted to the Cabinet on Tuesday for acknowledgement, focused on the human-rights situation in the country under this post-coup government.
The NHRC reported that last year it had received 689 complaints of human rights violations, up by 78 from a year earlier. Of these, 174 complaints were related to judiciary proceedings.
Also, 26 complaints were against the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)'s use of authority, the report said.
The complainants told the NHRC that they had been taken from their homes to be detained in undisclosed locations, while others were summoned by the NCPO or tried in a military court even though they are civilians.