Magazine editor jailed for lese majeste

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Somyot gets 11 years for lese majeste

Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 13.00
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The Criminal Court convicted Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, editor of Voice of Taksin, on two counts of lese majeste and sent him to prison for 11 years on Wednesday.

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He was sentenced to five years on each of the two charges, and the court cancelled the suspension of a previous one-year sentence - for a total of 11 years in prison, a cumulative sentence.

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spiceman
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Discussion 22 : 24 Jan 2013 at 04.2422
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Khun CinBKK #13, forget about Free Press, until we have free TV Drama first!
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Discussion 21 : 24 Jan 2013 at 01.3521
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"Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
Benjamin Franklin
Thailand proved Mr. Franklin wrong.
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Discussion 20 : 23 Jan 2013 at 23.1820
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Yes, 11 years is big, but this isn't about a man with an opinion, it's about a professional agitator. He had it coming, this was the opportunity to nail him and put him away for some time, until he gets a Royal Pardon... (Reminds me of a notorious gangster caught in the US for tax evasion while they couldn't press murder charges against him). And IMO Human Rights Watch is a biased club with as much credibility in Human Rights as the UDD has in Democracy.
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Discussion 19 : 23 Jan 2013 at 23.1719
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Nothing to do with Free Press D13, laws in Thailand should not be compared with laws in other countries around the world nor should free press attempt to force through laws used in other parts of the world. This is Thailand and they have their rules and laws and foreign interference from press, media, diplomats, people outside Thailand is not and should not influence or change anything in Thailand. Foreigners have done plenty of damage already polluting Thailand with their liberal, free attitudes and behaviours. They have ruined much of Thailand as it was a quiet, peaceful nation before with buddhist values. Respect the law!
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Discussion 18 : 23 Jan 2013 at 22.2018
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mitrapaap 15 - "You don't change laws by braking them."

"Somyot was arrested...five days after launching a petition calling for a review of Article 112." - BBC, January 23, 2013
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Discussion 17 : 23 Jan 2013 at 21.1417
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When you read #14, ploynut, you know why this is possible in Thailand in the 21th century. "Good", "bad"... Childish manicheism (pleonasm). Unfortunately same my country 500 years ago when the (holly) Inquisition told what were the "good" and the "bad".
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Discussion 16 : 23 Jan 2013 at 20.4816
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." - Martin Luther King, April 16, 1963
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Discussion 15 : 23 Jan 2013 at 20.3815
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Justice well served...The man clearly and deliberately broke the law of Thailand and is a pure recidivist!! Maybe he was so bold thinking he had the support from a fugitive ???? The reds keep thinking that they are above the law... put them in jail when they break it!
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Discussion 14 : 23 Jan 2013 at 20.3614
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Congratulations Thailand. You are on BBC, Aljazeera and CNN.
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Discussion 13 : 23 Jan 2013 at 20.2113
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RE: D15.....seems that is what they want....only praise permitted.
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