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    Thai Resort Sues Expat Over Negative Review

    posted September 29, 2020 / No Comments

    A resort in Koh Chang has filed a criminal complaint against US citizen Wesley Barnes after the American submitted a bad review on TripAdvisor. The resort is suing the man under the defamation law, claiming […]

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    Elon Musk Wins Defamation Case Against Cave Rescuer

    posted December 9, 2019 / No Comments

    A US jury in California has found that tech billionaire Elon Musk did not defame a cave rescuer in Thailand who he called a “pedo guy” in a tweet. The feud between the two started […]

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    Elon Musk Pressured Thai Officials to Retract Negative Statements About His Mini-subs

    posted November 4, 2019 / No Comments

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly used his employees to pressure prominent Thai officials to retract negative statements about his mini-subs he built to rescue the boy’s soccer team and their coach who were trapped in […]

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    Elon Musk: Calling Cave Rescuer a ‘Pedo Guy’ a ‘Schoolyard Taunt’, Not Claim of Pedophilia

    posted September 18, 2019 / No Comments

    Elon Musk recently defended in federal court calling one of the cave rescuers of the Thai youth soccer team a “pedo guy”, stating that he meant only insult the man’s “creepy” appearance. The beef started […]

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    US Court Green Lights Thailand Cave Defamation Lawsuit Against Musk

    posted May 2, 2019 / No Comments

    A US court recently gave the okay to a defamation lawsuit filed against Elon Musk by one of the rescue divers who heroically helped save the youth soccer team trapped in a cave in Northern […]

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    Cave Rescue Diver Sues Elon Musk for Defamation

    posted September 18, 2018 / No Comments

    Vernon Unsworth, a British diver who helped rescue the 12 Thai boys trapped deep in a cave in the north of Thailand, is suing Tesla CEO Elon Musk for defamation. Unsworth, a Chiang Rai resident, […]

  • Hot! Breaking News Law Features

    Thailand Plans to Toughen Online Security

    posted June 21, 2017 / No Comments

    Law will expand the government’s power to private communications Thailand is looking to buy software that will strengthen the military’s control over the internet while simultaneously working on a cyber law that will enable them […]

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    Phuketwan Journalists Found Not Guilty

    posted September 1, 2015 / No Comments

    Austrailan editor Alan Morison and his Thai reporter colleague Chutima Sidasathian, have been found not guilty in this morning’s highly anticipated verdict, reports the Guardian. The Phuket based journalists stood trial on charges of defamation […]

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    Hot! Breaking News

    Australian Journalist “Hopeful” Ahead of Defamation Verdict Tomorrow

    posted August 31, 2015 / No Comments

    Australian journalist Alan Morison says he is “hopeful” for tomorrow’s verdict at Phuket Criminal Court, where he is being tried for allegedly defaming the Royal Thai Navy. As the Sydney Morning Herald reports, Morison, 67, […]

  • Hot! Breaking News International Law

    Defamation Court Case Due To Begin Today

    posted April 17, 2014 / No Comments

    A criminal defamation case against two journalists in Thailand, including an Australian, is set to begin today, despite calls from the United Nations for the charges to be dropped. The Thai Navy have lodged a […]

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