US Citizen Visiting Thailand Arrested For Blog Posting

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 29, 2011 @09:27AM from the otherwise-I'd-like-to-go dept.

societyofrobots writes "A US citizen, upon visiting Thailand for medical treatment, was arrested for lese majeste (insulting the king) and computer crimes ('entering false information into a computer system'). He is charged for posting a link on his blog to a banned book, The King Never Smiles, and for translating excerpts of it. He made the posting four years ago in 2007, while in the US. Trials for lese majeste are traditionally held in secret, for reasons of 'national security'. AFP has more information."

2 of 456 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:AFP by lxs · 2011-05-29 09:52 · Score: 4, Funny

Yes. The rest of us know it stands for Agence France Presse.
Re:Note to self: by AmberBlackCat · 2011-05-29 10:55 · Score: 4, Funny

They're not so bad. All they did was arrest a "lone wolf" terrorist under the authority of Thailand's patriot act. Thailand is safe now.