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No disrespect; Thailand's lese-majeste law.(disloyalty)
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The Economist (US)
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August 16, 2008
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More royalist than the king
ONE of the shabbiest but most popular tricks in Thai politics is to accuse your critics of disloyalty to revered King Bhumibol. Anyone can file a police complaint of lese-majeste on the king's behalf and the penalty is up to 15 years in jail. During the current political conflict, like past ones, such allegations have increased, sometimes based on fairly trivial references to royalty.
A union official at a clothing factory was sacked on July 30th for wearing a T-shirt supporting the right of people not to stand when the royal anthem is played. Her t-shirt referred to a lese-majeste complaint filed against a man who stayed seated during the ...
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