Thai Website Editor Convicted, Freed
Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the webmaster of the popular Internet news site Prachatai, Wednesday was given an eight-month suspended sentence by the Thai Criminal Court and a Bt20,000 fine for failing to act quickly enough to remove Internet posts deemed insulting to Thailand’s royalty.
Despite the fact that Chiranuch walked out of the court a free woman, the…
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