US Citizen Visiting Thailand Arrested For Blog Posting 456
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."
Re:dumb fuck (Score:5, Informative)
Re:dumb fuck (Score:1, Informative)
*cough* [wikipedia.org]
Re:"lese majeste" (Score:2, Informative)
No. He did that years ago, in the US, and he's a US citizen. Translating part of a book shouldn't ban you from a country forever. Equating what he did with smuggling drugs is absurd. You should kill yourself to make the world a better place.
Re:This Just In: Not All Countries Have Are Free (Score:5, Informative)
Re:"lese majeste" (Score:2, Informative)
He is a born Thai and Thai national who moved to US when he was 35. I'm quite sure he is familiar with Thai laws and practices. But this being slashdot of course this small "insignificant" detail isn't mentioned in the summary. Don't want to ruin some good baseless bashing or anything, after all.
Re:"lese majeste" (Score:5, Informative)
The 4th Amendment, for example [wired.com].
Re:"lese majeste" (Score:4, Informative)
I don't know.. The whole warrant-less spying of American citizens? [newyorker.com]