YouTube Inc. is working with government officials in Thailand to
reinstate access to the popular video-sharing Web site after officials
blocked it because of a video that ridiculed the country's popular
king.
The incident has sparked widespread indignation in
Thailand, where the crime of lèse-majesté, or offending the monarchy,
is taken seriously. Last week, a 57-year old Swiss national in Thailand
was given a 10-year jail sentence for defacing posters of the king with
spray paint. Read more
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Luckily the King of Thailand doesn't put much stock in the Lese Majeste laws and always pardons those found guilty within 6 months of receiving their sentance.
Posted by Talen on September 25, 2009 at 09:20 AM GMT+00:00 #