Thailand Blocking WikiLeaks -- Official (Emergency Powers Used to Block Domestic Access)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Bangkok Post

Thailand blocking WikiLeaks -- official
Published: 18/08/2010 at 02:55 PM
Online news: Breakingnews

Thai authorities have used their emergency powers to block domestic access to the WikiLeaks whistleblower website on security grounds, a government official said.

The order came from the government unit set up to oversee the response to political unrest that rocked the nation's capital earlier this year, a spokeswoman for the Information and Communication Technology Ministry said.

"Access to this website has been temporarily suspended under the 2005 emergency decree," she said.

Thailand has removed tens of thousands of web pages from the Internet in recent years, mainly for insulting the monarchy, a serious crime punishable by up to 15 years in jail. A special cyber crime agency has also been set up to stamp out online criticism of the royal family.

Read more: http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/191672/thailand-blocks-access-to-wikileaks-website

[Heywood J]

1. Evidently someone said something mean and the king got his feelings hurt.

We mustn't bruise his ego, lest he cry. That's certainly worth imprisoning people for fifteen years!