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Australian journalist Alan Morison says he's prepared for prison over Thai navy row December 30, 2013 - Lindsay Murdoch - South-East Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media Australian journalist Alan Morison and his colleague Chutima Sidasathian both charged with defamation in Thailand. Bangkok: Australian journalist Alan Morison has declared he is prepared to go to jail to defend media freedom in Thailand where defamation laws are being increasingly used to silence criticism. ‘‘This is a clear issue of freedom of media and the military exceeding its role in using an onerous law u -
Yingluck sues Thai Rath cartoonist for defamation May 3, 2013 5:26 pm Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's lawyers on Friday seek legal action against Thai Rath cartoonist Chai Rachawat for comparing the premier to a prostitute. The lawyers filed the complaint against the cartoonist at Dusit police station on Friday afternoon. Chai, whose real name is Somchai Katanyutanan, posted photos of Yingluck in Mongolia and at a Thai parliamentary meeting and posted the message: "Please understand that prostitutes are not bad women. Prostitutes only sell their bodies, but a bad woman has be