Jatuporn banned from leaving country
The Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation on Friday issued an order under the emergency decree prohibiting Jatuporn Prompan, a leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, from leaving the country.
The order is effective from today.
Mr Jatuporn on Wednesday surrendered along with other UDD leaders to fight charges of breaching the emergency decree.
He was still being kept in custody today, but police cannot arrest him as a suspect because he is a Puea Thai Party list-MP and has parliamentary immunity while parliament is still in session.
Parliament, in fact, went into recess today, but Parliament President Chai Chidchob has called an extraordinary session to consider the 2011 Budget Bill from May 24 to 26.
The CRES, therefore, issued an order prohibiting Mr Jatuporn from leaving the country, on the grounds that if he left while protected by immunity national security could be affected.
The director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Tharit Pengdit, said the travel ban was necessary because Mr Jatuporn was to be charged with terrorism, which was a very serious charge.
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