Abstract:
Although the investigate problems concerning right and freedom of TV reporter in Thailand. Whereas no specific legislation has been put in place to guarantee and protect the operation of those TV reporters from being interfered directly from working procedures in their own organization or indirectly from the absolute control and exercise of power by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission: NBTC; the independent organization established under the Act on Organization to Assign Radio Frequency and to Regulate the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Services B.E. 2553 (2010). This study is also expected to
lead to revision of such Act and to invite more people sector's participation in such revision and
implementation to ensure that the intention of establishment of this independent organization and
relevant constitutional provisions are fulfilled.
This thesis has therefore elaborated that legal measures for protecting right and freedom of TV reporter pursuant to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E.2550 are still vague providing broad guarantee, protection and control while other pieces of legislation are applied as a framework for provision of right and freedom, control, supervision and punishment. However, in terms of policy guideline adopted by those supervising operation by the reporter, the independent organization is empowered with absolute power to the extent that it can revoke mass media business licence immediately while it is still lack of balance of the view of civil society pursuant to the intention of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E.2550