The Election Commission, the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), and the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology yesterday resolved to work in collaboration in targeting such offences.

EC member Somchai Srisutthiyakorn met with Pol General Nitiphat Wuttiboonyasit, TCSD superintendent, and Phongsahtorn Wanasukhon, director of the ICT Ministry’s Department of Technology Crime. They discussed the use of online media to spread false and inciting messages in regard to the upcoming referendum.

Somchai said the three parties would work together to track online wrongdoings related to the referendum. The Internet has become a major battlefront on the plebiscite, he said. “The working committee will monitor any online wrongdoings 24/7,” he said. “If any false, rude, or inciting messages about the charter referendum are found, legal action eill be taken immediately.”

Somchai said the public should not be worried about the action. Opinions on the charter were still allowed if they were |not rude, false, or inciting.