Is Thailand also a country with arms control?

For journalists who have worked in war-torn areas for a long time, bulletproof vests and gas masks are likely to become life-saving straws in times of crisis.

Just yesterday, a China-born British reporter from CCTV was accused by Thai police of carrying bulletproof vests and gas masks.

According to Thailand's "National News" reported on the 30th, Zheng Lixian, a British journalist from China who was interviewed by China International Television (CGTN) on behalf of CCTV, was detained by the Thai police at the Thai airport for violating the arms control law, and was released on bail after paying 65,438+10,000 baht.

▲ Chinese-American British journalist Zheng Lixian According to social media,

It is reported that he was accompanied by a German journalist. Compared with Zheng Lixian (who was mistaken for Zheng Lixian by the media), why was this German journalist exempted from charges? Is such behavior reasonable or unreasonable? The reporter of Red Star News contacted Zheng Lixian, a Chinese-American British journalist, to learn about the whole incident.

I used to carry this kind of safety equipment in and out.

Stay with your wife and children after bail.

In an interview with Red Star News, Zheng Lixian said that the German journalist who was traveling with him had been released, but he had been charged and his passport had been confiscated by the Thai police. Once convicted, he will be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

When the Red Star journalist asked him if he had brought a gas mask and a bulletproof vest before, he replied, "Often, we need these things very much."

He told Red Star that he has worked in Syria, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan for a long time, and safety equipment is very important in these places. "But Thailand is the only country I have ever been to where guns are not allowed."

20 15 After Hong Kong journalists were sued by Thailand, the Bangkok Post of Thailand once commented that "journalists also need protection". In this article, the author points out that in the anti-government demonstration on 20 14, many demonstrators openly wore homemade bulletproof vests, and no one was arrested. Many local photographers and foreign journalists also wore bulletproof vests, and no one was arrested.

Obviously, this is because the police did not enforce the law seriously, so that people have misunderstood that there is nothing wrong with holding and wearing bulletproof vests.

Finally, the article also said that the original intention of the weapons control law of 1987 was to prevent these body armor from falling into the hands of criminals and separatists.