Thailand: Webmaster’s lèse majesté trial resumes
20 Feb 2012The trial of the web master of a Thai news website resumed last week after a long interruption.Chiranuch Premchaiporn, web master of Prachatai news website, faces a possible 20 year prison sentence for not removing certain user comments from her website quickly enough. The resumed case, which was delayed from October 2011 due to the severe flooding in Bangkok, heard five defence witnesses give evidence to the court on 14, 15 and 16 February. Chiranuch has said she was pleased that the defence witnesses were finally able to give their evidence.
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Tags: Chiranuch Premchaiporn, freedom of expression, lèse majesté, prachatai, press freedom, Thailand
