2016/12/08 |
Thailand’s Lèse Majesté Crackdown Creeps Across Borders
Numerous critics of Thailand’s military regime charged with lèse majesté remain in exile in neighboring Laos and Cambodia.
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Dr Patrick Jory is a Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland.
A cartoon recently appeared in a leading Thai newspaper depicting an engorged Thailand’s Defence Minister getting a tattoo on his stomach saying ‘Made in China.'
Numerous critics of Thailand’s military regime charged with lèse majesté remain in exile in neighboring Laos and Cambodia.