Thai printer censors article of international edition of NYT critical of Thai military regime

[DetlefK]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-01/thailand-printers-censors-new-york-times-story-on-economy/6991948

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/world/asia/thailand-economy-tourism.html?_r=1

It was the second time in 10 weeks that the paper has said its local printer declined to run an article, in a country where media freedoms have been increasingly curtailed since last year's military takeover.

The newspaper's edition on Tuesday was supposed to run a report headlined Thai Economy And Spirits Are Sagging and exploring the junta's inability to jump-start the flagging economy.

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Eastern Printing PCL, the paper's Thai printer, did not comment on why it pulled the piece when contacted.

The article was published online, however, and accessible in Thailand.

The monarchy is shielded by one of the world's toughest lese majeste laws and prosecutions have surged since the military coup.

The media routinely self-censors when reporting on the monarchy for fear of falling foul of the broadly-worded law, which carries up to 15 years in jail for each count of insulting the king, queen, heir or regent.