Not Guilty: Phuket court dismisses defamation charges against journalists

A Phuket court has dismissed defamation charges filed by the Thai Navy over a report implicating the kingdom's navy in human trafficking.

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Not Guilty: Phuket court dismisses defamation charges against journalists

A Phuket court has dismissed defamation charges filed by the Thai Navy over a report implicating the kingdom's navy in human trafficking.

From and earlier AFP report:

The charges against Alan Morison and his Thai colleague Chutima Sidasathian, of the Phuketwan news website, relate to a July 2013 article quoting an investigation by the Reuters news agency which said some Thai navy members were involved in trafficking Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar.

The navy sued for Phuketwan for defamation in response to their article.

The pair could have faced up to two years in jail for criminal defamation and five years for breaching the Computer Crimes Act.

Reuters has not been charged over its reporting – part of a series honoured with a Pulitzer Prize last year – and rights groups have accused the navy of trying to muzzle the smaller Phuket-based English-language media outlet.

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