Since September 2007 we have had a much better system for keeping track of the most popular material on New Mandala. Many readers will probably find the following list of our most commonly viewed posts and pages fascinating. And it might give you a chance to catch up on what everyone else has been reading (and commenting on).
Starting with the most popular:
- The King Never Smiles?
- Thailand’s crown prince
- Interview with Paul Handley
- Royalist propaganda and policy nonsense
- Thai studies conference open forum
- NM Interviews
- Spot the Thai national dress
- The Nam Tha dam
- Latest Count
- Volunteering to fight in Burma
- Lewd dancing and Buddhist festivals
- Academic commentary on Burma uprising
- NM Bloggers
- Interview with Professor David Chandler
- The electorate and the “acute state of Thai politics”
- Samak’s disgrace
- Thai studies conference underway
- Reynolds on Handley’s The King Never Smiles
- Interview with Professor Michael Aung-Thwin
- Analysis
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1 hat // Apr 9, 2008 at 2:23 am
Since the monarchy is the most popular topic on New Mandala, this piece of news may be interesting: The Nation reports:
Police file lese majeste case against bbc man
A police investigator has filed a lese majeste complaint against a BBC reporter over comments he made in a short speech on “Coup, Capital and Crown” at the Foreign Correspond-ents’ Club (FCCT) in Bangkok in December.
Published on April 9, 2008
Pol Lt-Colonel Watanasak Mungkijkarndee, an investigator at Bang Mod police station, filed a copy of the video of Jonathan Head’s opening speech at the FCCT plus a transcript and translation to investigators at the Crime Suppression Division.
He said he filed the case alone and without any political motive.
Pol Lt-Colonel Boonlert Kalayanamitr, the officer in charge of the case, said an investigative committee must be appointed. Evidence will be sent to the Royal Thai Police’s Foreign Affairs Division, which will translate and interpret the comments as well as request advice from linguistic experts on Head’s speech, he said.
Head, who has worked in Asia for the BBC for many years, was not available for comment last night. Friends said the reporter - highly regarded here - is on assignment in the Philippines.
A member of the FCCT board preferred not to discuss the news “at this stage” because the issue was sensitive and the club was unsure of all the details relating to the complaint.
The move was the talk of foreign reporters yesterday. “It just sends a chill,” one commented.
The Nation
If five months are needed to file charges, then we should keep our eyes open for similar news in May - five months after the ICTS.
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