Thailand bans Economist magazine (lese-majeste)

[Coventina]

Source: BBC

The latest edition of UK-based current affairs magazine the Economist has been banned in Thailand, amid local anger over its coverage of the royal family.

The Economist's Thai distributor held back Friday's issue - which contains an article about an Australian writer who was jailed for slandering the monarchy.

Last month another edition was banned because of an article questioning the Thai king's role in public life.

Thailand's laws against lese-majeste are among the strictest in the world.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7851177.stm

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Thailand sure has been acting extra wacky lately. What is up with the "land of smiles"?

[depakid]

1. Can't be doing much good for tourism...

[Taverner]

2. Yep. When I lived there it was illegal to step on money

(King's face was on it)

[melm00se]

3. don't agree with the content

so the magazine gets banned. Sound familiar to any noises being made here?