Someone apparently wants to harm Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a former Thai diplomat who is now an associate professor at Kyoto University and a regular contributor to Asia Sentinel. For months, Pavin, who teaches at the University’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies has led a campaign from outside the country to modify Thailand’s draconian lèse-majesté law, which has been used with increasing frequency against critics of the repressive government, and in particular to attempt to free the late political prisoner, Amphon Tangnoppakul, known in Bangkok as Akong.