Det är väl så i Sverige också att misstänkta brottslingar inte får lämna landet!
De flesta länder har nog så, och det var så också på PT-regeringens tid.
Så är det, men när "brottslingarna" är politiska motståndare som inte haft en chans att försvara sig i en domstol
så blir till- eller övergreppet ett demokratisk eller mänsklig rättighets -problem.
Det har diskuterats förut i internationella media, men problemet som jag påtalar, specifikt för den nya juntan och just nu,
belyses väl i citatet nedan från denna artikel. Om du inte har problem med engelska förstår du vad jag menar efter att ha läst följande:
Last week, the NCPO took up a long-discussed but never-used weapon against some it sees as its opponents, or even its enemies.
It invalidated the passports of at least seven people.
The decision to revoke the passports evolved from the case of Jakrapob Penkair, the former Thaksin Shinawatra aide
and red shirt supporter who is wanted on charges of lese majeste and weapons smuggling.
At least six additional passports are known to have been cancelled, five held by people identified with the red shirts and the Pheu Thai Party.
There is both public support for and opposition to this move.
The point, however, is not whether this decision is popular. The action goes far outside both written and common law,
and it is not accountable to a court, a parliament or any council.
Until last week, tradition and the law both held that every Thai citizen had the basic right to hold a passport,
and that legal action was necessary to strip any citizen of that right.
It should be mentioned that the sixth passport revoked is held by a Thai-born woman who lives in Britain as a naturalised citizen.
This woman spouts hateful and hysterical propaganda against the monarchy, and deserves little respect and no publicity.
But the coup council has made "London Rose" into a bit of a high-profile diplomatic tangle.
The UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office — the equivalent of the foreign ministry — says both it and the British ambassador to Thailand have made it clear the NCPO should not try to make a fuss over the woman, whose freedom to speak in Britain is unquestioned.
If the passports of Mr Jakrapob and others can be revoked without any legal recourse, then so can anyone's.
The NCPO has effectively cancelled a long-held right of Thai nationality.
It is no longer anyone's right to hold a passport. It is now a privilege which not only must be granted by those in power,
but which can be revoked at any time, without legal approval or recourse.
This completely reverses the former state of affairs where every Thai had the right to a passport unless the court decided otherwise
— a court where the passport holder was allowed to speak.
To remove this right has set a dangerous precedent.
Those who support this action because of the political views of Mr Jakrapob and ex-Pheu Thai leader Charupong Ruangsuwan
should think again. Punishment outside of the courts is a major step backward in supporting rule of law.
mvh.