[Tlc] FW: update re A Coup for the rich

[Michael Montesano]

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From: ji ungpakorn <ji.ungpakorn at gmail.com>
Date: Jan 27, 2008 11:41 PM
Subject: update re A Coup for the rich
To: giles ji ungpakorn <gji.ungpakorn at yahoo.com>


Bangkok Metropolitan Police, acting under an appeal from the Special Branch to investigate my book, have issued a letter to the Thamasart bookshop banning the sale of "A Coup for the Rich". According to the letter, dated 18 January 2008, the book is currently under investigation concerning charges of lèse majesté. The letter, signed by deputy police chief Chutti Tamanowanij, states that the continued sale of the book risks creating a "misunderstanding" about the Monarchy among the Thai population.

The book is on sale at the New Internationalist bookshop in Melbourne and Bookmarx in London.

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Giles Ji Ungpakorn
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Chulalongkorn University
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