Kevin Hewison on Thai Politics
Noted scholar Kevin Hewison has just written an article for Asia Sentinel that PPT readers will be interested in checking out. Hewison identifies the range of institutions and actors who use repression to ensure “political stability” bereft of any form of democracy. Of particular interest to PPT, he also highlights the role played by the constriction of free speech and surveillance of citizens, noting the important role of recent lesè majesté cases in attempting to secure compliance. Hewison writes that “Several high-profile cases, using draconian lese majeste and computer crime laws, have targeted internet activity. These cases remind people that they are monitored and that transgressions are heavily punished.”
Read the entire piece in English here: 3 June 2009, “Thai Politics: Back to Normal” and ภาษาไทย, “การเมืองไทยกลับมาเป็นปกติ?”
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