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Verdict on Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn postponed

By Siam Voices Mon, Apr 30, 2012 9:00AM UTC View Comments

Today at 10.00 AM (Bangkok time) the Thai Criminal Court will give its verdict against Chiranuch “Jiew” Premchaiporn, the webmaster of the news website Prachatai. Chiranuch is being prosecuted for failing to delete 10 comments made by others that are deemed insulting to the monarchy not quickly enough. She has been arrested in 2009 and...

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Intermediary liability under the Computer Crimes Act in Thailand

By Bangkok Pundit Mon, Sep 26, 2011 10:00AM UTC Comments Off

Simon Montlake in Forbes: Let’s say you run a rowdy bar. One night, a drunken patron declares that he’s a dedicated Nazi, hates Jews and that the Holocaust never happened. In some jurisdictions, he could be prosecuted for hate speech. In Germany, there’s also a law against Holocaust denial, so he could be tried on...

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Influential people, criminal defamation, and a foreign reporter

By Bangkok Pundit Sun, Sep 04, 2011 12:01AM UTC View Comments

Erika Fry used to work as an investigative reporter for the Bangkok Post. BP remembers as she sent some e-mails to BP about an interview back in 2009 and the then Spectrum section was one of better written sections of the paper with investigative reports, so am familiar with some of the stories she wrote....

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Intimidation of the press cannot be tolerated….

By Bangkok Pundit Fri, Sep 02, 2011 12:14AM UTC View Comments

…well, not all the time. The Nation in an editorial: The intimidation by red-shirt supporters of a Channel 7 reporter – and the media in general – cannot be tolerated. Thai society must condemn such behaviour because the issue is one of the public interest. Intimidation is against the principle of free expression and the...

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Thai TV reporter threatened by red shirt

By Bangkok Pundit Wed, Aug 31, 2011 10:00AM UTC View Comments

As has been reported, last week a reporter from Channel 7, Somjit Nawakruasunthorn, was threatened online in response to questions she asked PM Yingluck Shinawatra. Below is (1) what did the reporter say to Yingluck, (2) what the nature of the threat was, and (3) what has happened since the threat. (1) What did the...

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