US EditionThailand drops royal insult prosecution against American academic
- Thailand's state prosecutor announced on May 1 it will not prosecute American academic Paul Chambers for royal insult charges filed in April in Phitsanulok province.
- The charges originated from a complaint by the royalist army citing a Facebook post linking to a research institute’s webinar blurb where Chambers spoke.
- Paul Chambers, an American academic teaching at Naresuan University in northern Thailand, has denied all accusations against him, including those related to the country’s lese majeste and Computer Crime Act statutes.
- He spent two nights in jail, was required to wear an ankle monitor after being released on bail, had his Thai work visa canceled, and has submitted an appeal against this revocation, with immigration authorities yet to decide on the case.
- The prosecutor’s decision may relieve some of Chambers’ damages but does not clear him immediately; the case highlights ongoing concerns over Thailand’s harsh lese majeste laws.
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Thai justice announced this Thursday, May 1st not to charge Paul Chambers, who was accused of insulting the monarchy under the strict laws of the kingdom on lesis majesty.
Prosecutors in Thailand say they won't pursue royal defamation case against US scholar
BANGKOK (AP) — State prosecutors in Thailand announced Thursday that they don't intend to press charges against an American academic arrested for royal defamation, an offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
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AlKhaleej TodayThailand drops lese-majeste case against US academic Paul Chambers
BANGKOK, May 1 — Thai prosecutors dropped royal defamation charges today against an American scholar accused of insulting the monarchy over an article published on a political website. Paul Chambers — a longtime South-east Asia politics scholar in Thailand — was arrested last month in Phitsanulok province, north of Bangkok, under the kingdom’s strict lese-majeste laws. The case marked a rare instance of a foreign national being charged under Tha…
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