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Lese majeste: Abhisit responds … briefly

March 4th, 2009 by Andrew Walker · 1 Comment

From The Nation:

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Wednesday that his government would next week discuss a call by academics for amendments to laws on lese majesty crimes. “We will discuss it next week,” Abhisit said when asked to comment on the call by a group of academics.

Tags: Abhisit · LMreform · Royal family · Thailand · lese majeste

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  • 1 StopLeseMajeste // Mar 7, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    ABHISIT: “Yeah! I’ll discuss lese majeste law briefly, maybe next week….if I have time.”

    Who do you think you’re kidding Mr Prime Minister? You’ll discuss this now, and at length, before the whole world laughs at your king.

    Got it?

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