A woman facing prison for saying JA 'I see' or 'ok' in Thai in a text message.

[marylander1940]

A cleaning lady in Thailand is being charged by the government for posting the words "I see" on Facebook. She is accused of insulting the monarchy - a charge that can lead to jail sentences of up to 15 years. However, she says she is being punished because her son is an activist, as the BBC's Jonathan Head reports.

 

Patnaree Chankij's home on the outskirts of Bangkok is a cramped, three-room house in which the 40-year-old widow lives with two of her children, and where she often does other people's laundry to make ends meet. At other times she works as a casual cleaner in apartments and offices.

 

As in other houses in Thailand, there are portraits of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the walls. Patnaree considers herself a loyal citizen, and says she has never said anything negative about the royal family.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=law9-q4uxYY

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36328865

[trav05]

Thailand is under a military dictatorship right now. There is quite a bit of censorship in the media and social media.

I live in Bangkok 6 months of the year. There are a few web sites I can't access. You just get a blank green screen.

You can't publicly criticize the Monarchy or the Military Government. There are quite a few media reporters that have been jailed for speaking out. Protests aren't allowed. They are opening "comfort camps" where people that have bad thoughts about the government are sent to modify their thoughts.

It's not an issue for the average tourist just doing the sightseeing thing. But living there, politics is just something you don't talk about much for fear of arrest.

[rvwnsd]

Meanwhile, the pathos that is the TSA screening line continues.

[marylander1940]

Meanwhile, the pathos that is the TSA screening line continues.

 

and the cultural wars on transgender (not even Trump is going after homosexuals anymore) makes us focus on the real issues that do matter...