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Wed 01 Jan 2009Leading Thai commentator charged with insulting king
BANGKOK – Police have filed formal charges against Thailand’s leading left-wing political commentator, accusing him of insulting the king in a 2007 book criticising the previous year’s military coup.
Giles Ungpakorn of Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University has denied all charges, saying the army and Democrat Party-led government were using Thailand’s draconian lèse majestélaws to crush dissent and freedom of expression.
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