<p>Chiang Mai’s prosecutors have postponed the indictment of academics and students accused of breaching the junta’s ban on political gatherings by participating in an academic forum.</p> <p>On 21 September 2017, the prosecutor at Chiang Mai District Court&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=5245">postponed&nbsp;</a>the indictment of the five individuals who are accused of violating the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Head’s Order No. 3/2015, the junta’s ban on political gatherings of five or more persons.</p>

<p>The police have summoned academics and students accused of breaching the junta’s ban on political gatherings for participating in an academic forum.</p> <p>Teeramon Buangam, a master’s student at Chiang Mai University and editor of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prachatham.com/">Prachatham News</a>, told the media that he received a summons from Changphueak Police Station in Chiang Mai on 12 August 2017.</p>

<p>The Deputy Governor of Chiang Mai has threatened three academics who allegedly put up banners against the junta with being summoned by the military. &nbsp;</p>