Thailand to revise old law

Thailand to revise old law

BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand is considering abolishing its decades- old anti-Communism law which some politicians say could be used to suppress ordinary citizens, reports said yesterday.

Almost a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Thailand has begun to mull over the possibility that its 1952 Anti-Communism Act may no longer be necessary.

"The anti-Communist law should be abolished because it can be used to restrict the citizen's rights," Interior Minister Sanan Kachornprasart was quoted as saying in the Nation daily.

"What's more it contradicts the new constitution, which guarantees citizens a wider range of rights and freedom," he added, saying he would debate the issue with the National Security Council and the military.