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Thailand’s ‘beer-heiress’ supports crackdown on anti-monarchy websites

By Siam Voices Mon, Aug 22, 2011 8:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Some readers may remember a certain Miss Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, the daughter of Chutinant Bhirombhakdi, executive vice-president of Singha Corporation and thus often-referred to as the “Singha-heiress”. We have previously reported on her and and her campaign for MP during the run-up to the elections, which she lost in her constituency. But she...

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Thailand’s lese majeste law claims another victim, opposition grows

By Siam Voices Tue, Aug 16, 2011 11:09AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Earlier this month, a 23-year-old graduate from the Kasetsart University has been arrested for allegedly posting content on his blog that is deemed insulting to the monarchy – also known as lèse majesté. Prachatai and The Nation’s Pravit Rojanaphruk (and unsurprisingly no one else) with the details: The person who filed the...

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Behind the scenes with Thailand’s ‘cyber-scouts’

By Siam Voices Wed, May 11, 2011 9:40PM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut AFP ran a story on Wednesday about Thailand’s ‘cyber-scouts’, who patrol the internet for material deemed offensive to the monarchy. It follows the work and the motivations of one of the mostly young volunteers: Wearing his special “cyber scout” polo shirt with pride, Thattharit Sukcharoen scans the Internet pages on his computer...

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Thailand’s cyber-police drafts new Computer Crimes Act

By Siam Voices Mon, May 02, 2011 9:30AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Thailand’s authorities have been patrolling the internet more and more vigorously, mostly to clamp down on content that is allegedly lèse majesté and to silence political opponents. In recently published research by Freedom House, the US-based think-tank has labeled the kingdom’s internet as ‘not free’, putting it below countries such as Zimbabwe, Turkey, Venezuela, Pakistan,...

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Thai cyber-police’s warning to netizens abroad

By Siam Voices Tue, Feb 22, 2011 9:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut 2Bangkok.com has posted has a scan from a booklet provided by the Thai Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MICT) explaining the following: The page reads: “Michael: Does everyone know that the bill regulating computer crimes is subject to penalize the wrongdoer outside the Kingdom of Thailand as well? If there is...

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