Tag: Computer Crime Act
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VICTORY FOR WHISTLE-BLOWER WHO TOOK ON THAILAND’S LIBEL LAWS FOR PEOPLE OF PRIVILEGE
Not before time, Andy Hall, who has exposed exploitative conditions for migrant workers in Thailand many times, has finally become the victor in his long battle with the fruit canning company Natural Fruit. His case is an outstanding example of what happens when whistle-blowers expose exploitation and even crimes committed by powerful people and companies…
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JUDGE TO GIVE VERDICT IN NON CONTROVERSIAL MIGRANT WORKERS ABUSE CASE
BUT DO NOT EXPECT THE ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED IN THIS ‘THAI SPITE’ CASE COMMENT Cases of criminal libel and libel under the Computer Crime Act brought against a British researcher who helped expose mistreatment of Burmese migrant workers will be decided at the Criminal Court in Bangkok tomorrow. Andy Hall faces up to seven…
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FINNS FLY IN FOR COURT SHOWDOWN OVER MIGRANT WORKERS AT ‘NATURAL FRUIT’
The executive director of Finnwatch, the consumer group which produced a critical report on the Thai pineapple canning company ‘Natural Fruit’ citing its treatment of migrant Burmese labour, is to fly in from Helsinki to Bangkok to the trial of British team member Andy Hall later this week. In the long running farce in which…
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PATTAYA COURT JAILS TEACHER FOR LIBELING CONVICTED EXTORTIONIST DREW NOYES
The criminal court in Pattaya today jailed an American schoolteacher for a year for libeling Drew Walter Noyes, an American who set up business in the city as a fake lawyer and who is currently on the run after being found guilty of extortion. The teacher and his defence team are shocked at the decision…