Burma and the Princes (r)

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/* Written  2:54 pm  May  6, 1994 by s0lg@xxxxxxxxx in igc:soc.culture.th */
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alan.dawson@xxxxxxx (alan dawson) writes:
> LG>>  I've yet to see any mention of the alleged Burmese insult of the Crown
> LG>> Princess or of any Thai government reaction. Or did i miss something?
> LG>> Gwyn
> 
> LG>Of course it cannot be reported in Thailand, as in repeating the quote
> LG>the newspaper editor etc. would be guilty of lese majeste.
> 
> No, l, the reason you haven't seen anything in the press about it is
> the same reason you haven't seen anything about the British skeletons
> at the Kanchanaburi museum in real (i.e. non-British) newspapers.
> 
> IF the Burma magazine story is confirmed, you'll see it if you have a
> mind to. You are correct that the EXACT quote won't appear in the
> Thai press. But it'll appear if it's true.
> 
> This Burmese magazine doesn't exactly have the circulation of Time.
> Also, getting back issues is no easy task.
> 
>  - Alan Dawson (alan.dawson@xxxxxxx)
> 
This is crap, Alan, and I'm sure you know it.  It takes only one telephone
call to confirm the story, and it could have been printed the next day.  I
think it's almost two weeks now - it certainly doesn't take that long to
confirm that something has appeared in print a few hundred miles from
Bangkok.  I agree, however, that the text could not be quoted in Thailand,
without breaking the law.  So much for the Thai free press.

Laurence