Showing posts with label thai navy defamed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thai navy defamed. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

There had to be at least one

Phuc Yu was a fake city in Vietnam, but there really is a Phuket in Thailand.

“Phuket: Veteran Australian journalist Alan Morison and his Thai colleague Chutima Sidasathian have been acquitted on charges of defaming the Royal Thai Navy in a case that will have far-reaching consequences for the media in military-run Thailand.”

http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/3320445/journalist-alan-morison-and-colleague-acquitted-of-defaming-thai-navy/?cs=12

“Defaming” the navy? Are you serious? (Dumb question, an American question.)