US-Funded “NGOs” Panic as Thailand Prepares New NGO Transparency Law

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Asia-Pacific Research, January 26, 2022
The New Atlas 25 January 2022
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Thailand is passing a new NGO law that will require greater transparency from nongovernmental organizations. However, these organizations are resisting the bill despite wide public support for it – clearly because they have much to hide.

I discuss how many of these “NGOs” are in fact funded by foreign governments and engaged in sedition – how they have actively covered up their funding and their true agenda while posing disingenuously as “independent media” or “human rights” organizations.

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Sources

Bangkok Post – NGOs vow to stop bill policing their activities:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2252099/ngos-vow-to-stop-bill-policing-their-activities

Prachatai – About Prachatai:
https://prachatai.com/english/about/prachatai

Prachatai – Transparency essential for democracy campaigner (2011):
https://prachatai.com/english/node/2753

National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – Board of Directors:
https://www.ned.org/about/board-of-directors/

The Guardian – US diplomat convicted over Iran-Contra appointed special envoy for Venezuela:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/26/elliott-abrams-venezuela-us-special-envoy

NED – Thailand 2020:
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/thailand-2020/

NED – Fellows, Chiranuch Premchaiporn (Prachatai executive director):
https://www.ned.org/fellows/ms-chiranuch-premchaiporn/

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