<p>Thai military officers in plainclothes have visited Prachatai’s office in Bangkok to ask about Prachatai’s activities.</p> <p>At around 11 am on Thursday, 2 July 2015, three military officers in plain clothes from the First Infantry Regiment of Bangkok came to the Prachatai office.</p> <p>The plain-clothes officers spent about 20 minutes discussing Prachatai’s recent activities. The officers, however, did not enter into the office.</p> <p>The officers also requested contact information for Prachatai personnel and took pictures of the office and surrounding area.</p>

<p>The military has helped a petroleum company bypass proper environmental impact assessment procedures and an NHRC order to halt petroleum exploration and threatened villagers opposing the exploration with martial law.</p> <p>About 40 armed police and military officers on Friday morning assisted&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amchamthailand.com/ACCT/asp/corpdetail.asp?CorpID=1029">Apico (Korat) Limited</a>, a US-based oil and gas exploration company, to move oil-drilling equipment into a potential oil field called Dongmoon in Kranuan District of the northeastern province of Khon Kaen.</p>