<p>A provincial court in northern Thailand has dismissed charges against a local anti-junta activist accused of violating the controversial Referendum Act.</p>
<p>The Provincial Court of Chiang Mai on 24 April 2017<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=4077"> acquitted Samat Khwanchai</a>, a 63-year-old anti-establishment red shirt, indicted for alleged violation of the Referendum Act for distributing leaflets at a parking lot of Panthip Plaza Shopping Mall in Chiang Mai on 21 July 2016.</p>
