[Chapter-delegates] URGENT - anybody in Bangkok tomorrow?

[Joly MacFie]

Thanks for the update, Ang. Glad to hear some degree of common sense has
prevailed.

j

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Ang Peng Hwa (Prof) <TPHANG at ntu.edu.sg>wrote:

>  I just posted this to another forum so I thought I might as well share
> it with this forum.
>
>  The news according to AP wire at around lunch time Bangkok today is that
> she has been given a suspended sentence of 8 months.
>
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxzh_NRKiZ3kMcECG3Qfdjep9wRg?docId=2db4b7c640c94ff29eba5a776e9dddba
>
>  What this means is that, assuming the law is the same as in most other
> jurisdictions, if she does not break the same law, she will not have to
> spend any time in jail. She has paid a fine of US$625. Chiranuch herself
> describes the judge's verdict as "logical and reasonable" although she
> apparently harbored some hopes of being released.
>
>  The post in question had been left for 20 days, a period the judge
> considered too long. (Best/Common practice for intermediary immunity is
> five working days.)
>
>  As many of you would know, what you see is often not what you get
> because of the political factor in this equation. I will be in Thailand
> tomorrow Thursday presenting on media regulation. I will get more
> information.
>
>  Regards,
> Peng Hwa Ang
>  ISOC Singapore
>
>   From: Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
> Reply-To: "joly at punkcast.com" <joly at punkcast.com>
> To: President ISOC Cambodia <president at isoc-kh.org>
> Cc: Asia-Pacific Chapters <asia-chapters at elists.isoc.org>, Chapter
> Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] URGENT - anybody in Bangkok tomorrow?
>
>  Al Jazeera is covering the story:
>
>
> http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2012/05/201252955719818190.html
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:36 AM, President ISOC Cambodia <
> president at isoc-kh.org> wrote:
>
>> Chiranuch Premchaiporn
>
>
>
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