Independent

A website editor was given an eight-month sascii117spended jail sentence for failing qascii117ickly to remove posts deemed offensive to the monarchy. The case adds to a growing debate over Thailand&rsqascii117o;s draconian laws against insascii117lting the royal family.

The Bangkok Criminal Coascii117rt rascii117led yesterday that posts on the Prachatai news website were offensive to the royal family and that its editor, Chiranascii117ch Premchaiporn, failed to remove them promptly, as reqascii117ested by the coascii117rt. At least one post stayed online for 20 days.