Sunday, May 29, 2011

Insulting the King of Thailand, U.S. Citizens Arrested

The Thai government arrested a U.S. citizen on charges of insulting to King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The arrests on Friday it started from a post on the blog. Perpetrators unknown wrote on his blog four years ago, sourced from a book about a king from Southeast Asia who are sick, that Bhumibol.

Tharit Pengdith, head of Thailand's Department of Special Investigations or the equivalent of the FBI in America, delivered the perpetrator is a known descendant of Thailand named Lerpong Wichaikhammat (54).

Actor allegedly translated fragments from the book "The King Never Smile." The book is an unofficial biography of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who translated from English to Thai. Translations which contain about dropping the royal family was uploaded to the blog.

However, actors who are American citizens, Thailand's bloody, denied the accusations. Thailand news sites prachatai.com who trace their Lese majeste case as a principal royal humiliation.

Known, Lerpong Wichaikhammat live in Colorado, the United States for 30 years, before finally returning to Thailand to perform treatment of high blood diseases suffered.

If the allegations were true, then the violation must be done when Lerpong are in America. However, it raises legal issues in Thailand, the article the government could not impose laws for the suspects who were visiting as tourists.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the American ambassador to Thailand, Walter M Braunohler, know the name of the actor Joe Gordon. "The consulate has visited him Friday morning. He
(Lerpong) refused to say much, only saying that officers are investigating the case carefully," he explained.

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