Thailand is in the news again after a famed professor reportedly violated Thailand’s increasingly harsh censorship laws.
Ji Ungpakorn, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University, is facing 15 years in prison after supposedly insulting the Thai monarchy.
Ungpakorn wrote the book "A Coup for the Rich" in 2006 criticizing the country’s military coup. According to Thailand’s lèse-majesté law, any insult or defamation to the Thai monarchy is punished by a mandatory 3 to 15 year prison sentence.
The Thai government has recently come under increased scrutiny for their censorship and punishment of media that criticizes the Thai government.
Ungapakorn feels that he will not receive a fair trial and has fled to England to avoid persecution.
-Jillian Knowles (Thailand)
Monday, February 9, 2009
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A very relevant post to the understanding of lese majeste law in Thailand and its relationship with the media
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