Thai FM protest Economist's articles

The Foreign Ministry on Friday sent a protest letter to the Economist magazine over two articles in its December issue which distorted the fact.

Foreign Ministry on Friday sent a protest letter to the Economist magazine over two articles in its December issue which distorted the fact.

Ministry spokesman Director General Tharit Charungvat has sent a letter to the Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, expressing his concern and disappointment over the contents of two articles, "A right royal mess" and "The king and them" published in the 6-12 December 2008 issue.

In the letter, Tharit also pointed out and clarified the inaccuracies in the articles and calling for measures to rectify the situation.

The Letter

I'm happy that in all democratic countries in Europe where there are Royalties/Royal Families we have freedom of speech and freedom of press.

Even in the case(s) where Royalty members are criticized, sometimes quite severe, banning of publications of/in newspapers and/or magazines is not known in (Royal) democracies in Europe.

Thailand has still a long way to go.

The fact that I'm carefully choosing my wording says a lot. I'm not free to write...not even in Outside the Box.

LaoPo

We all know what you mean though...

I'm not free to write...not even in Outside the Box.

yes, sorry folks

have to close it...even here