Tuesday, January 29, 2008

A Coup For The Rich banned

A Coup For The Rich

A Coup For The Rich

Giles Ji Ungpakorn's book A Coup For The Rich: Thailand's Political Crisis, about the aftermath of the 2006 coup, has effectively been banned by the Thai police. Thammasat University Bookstore, the only outlet brave enough to sell the book, has received a letter from the police to the effect that the book is being investigated for lese majeste (because it quotes one word ["pseudo-economics"] from The King Never Smiles) and should therefore be removed from sale. But if the investigation is still ongoing, and the author has not been found guilty (yet), the police have no right to withdraw the book. The police request letter has been obtained and published by the FACT website.

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