Thai Gov't Sets Up Site For Snitching On Royals' Critics

An anonymous reader writes "In a move that would make the old eastern German Stasi green with envy, the Thai government has modernized a system that allows citizens to snitch on fellow citizens. 'Internet users are being urged to show their loyalty to the king by contributing to a new website called protecttheking.net, which has been set up by a parliamentary committee. On the site's front page it is described as a means for Thai people to show their loyalty to the king by protecting him from what it calls misunderstandings about him. It calls on all citizens to inform on anyone suspected of insulting or criticising the monarchy.' An large unknown population of political prisoners are currently being held for 3 to 15 years in Thai prisons for being interpreted as insulting the monarchy."

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Ants

[Man On Pink Corner]

Those people really are nothing but ants.

That, and their king has a fugly wife and a really dumb-looking hat.

Re:Jailed author back on Australian soil - Feb 09

[SpottedKuh]

[...] he was deported after he'd been jailed for 6 years

As a quick correction to your post, he was actually jailed for six months. He had been sentenced to six years, but that was reduced to three years because of his guilty plea. He was pardoned about a month after his guilty plea, having spent a total of six months in prison.

Of course, it's still absolutely ridiculous!

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