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1. News - Asia - THAILAND

   Thai Red Shirt sentenced to two years’ jail for anti-monarchist speech

   Posted Jan 17th 2013, 02:49pm

   ... guilty under Thailand’s strict lese majeste law, which punishes anyone convicted of defaming the Thai king, queen, heir or regent with up to 15 years in prison. Currently an adviser to a Cabinet ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1130140/thai-red-shirt-sentenced-two-years-jail-anti-monarchist-speech
2. News - Hong Kong - REVIEW

   Sars remembered at Majestic Drums show

   Posted Oct 28th 2012, 12:00am by Oliver Chou

   ... News Hong Kong Music Majestic Drums Review Oliver Chou Majestic Drums XVII Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Cultural Centre Concert ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1071410/sars-remembered-majestic-drums-show
3. Sport - Racing - BLACK BOOK

   Majestic Anthem catches the eye

   Posted Mar 19th 2013, 12:00am by Phillip Woo

   ... Sport Racing Horse Racing Majestic Anthem Tony Cruz Phillip Woo phillip.woo@scmp.com Tony Cruz has a bright prospect in his yard in Majestic Anthem , who was unlucky in defeat in the Class Four Vengeance Of Rain Handicap (1,200m) at Sha Tin. Majestic Anthem was a graduate of the December Hong Kong International Sale where he was scooped up by Tam Man-wai and Wilson Tam Man-shu ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1193881/majestic-anthem-catches-eye
4. Magazines - Post Magazine - TRAVEL

   Travellers' checks

   Posted Dec 16th 2012, 12:00am by Adam Nebbs

   ... such as Singapore's Raffles and Penang's Eastern & Oriental were often written about by travel writers, and were therefore far better known abroad than Kuala Lumpur's Hotel Majestic. Criticised ...

   http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1103664/travellers-checks
5. Thais on collision course over lese-majeste law

   Posted May 15th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Tangnoppakul died last week in detention, less than six months after being sentenced to 20 years in jail for violating the lese-majeste law. Akong was accused of sending four text messages to a secretary of former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, messages that were deemed to be extremely insulting to the queen. Lese-majeste, or the crime of injury to royalty, is defined ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/1001037/thais-collision-course-over-lese-majeste-law
6. Thai university row arouses fear of bloodshed

   Posted Feb 07th 2012, 12:00am

   ... against any discussion of the lese-majeste law within the walls of the university, breaking a tradition of academic freedom, for which the university was well known. Somkit's opposition ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/991937/thai-university-row-arouses-fear-bloodshed
7. News - World

   David Hasselhoff's bid to save North Korea, Google Nose and other April Fool's Day jokes

   Posted Apr 01st 2013, 04:36pm by Staff Reporter

   ... in the Bangkok Post, which cleverly tied it in with the debate over lese majeste laws. "A boxed collection of 14 DVD-9 disks contains all the YouTube videos ever submitted on Thailand – a full 70 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1204720/david-hasselhoffs-bid-save-north-korea-google-nose-and-other-april-fools
8. News - Asia - THAILAND

   Thai ‘Yellow Shirt’ founder cleared of royal slur

   Posted Sep 26th 2012, 02:57pm by Agence France-Presse in Bangkok

   ... since 2008 when they seized Bangkok’s airports and stranded hundreds of thousands of tourists. Could Thailand be easing use of lese majeste laws? ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1047738/thai-%E2%80%98yellow-shirt%E2%80%99-founder-cleared-royal-slur
9. Archaic law serves only to weaken the monarchy

   Posted Dec 19th 2011, 12:00am

   ... of lese-majeste cases in Thailand in recent years has dangerously worsened the human rights situation in the country. The case of Amphon 'Akong' Thangnoppakul, 61, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, highlighted the misuse of the law to undermine political opponents. Amphon was found guilty on four counts under the lese-majeste law and computer crime laws. While ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/988155/archaic-law-serves-only-weaken-monarchy
10. Sport - Racing

    Punters spot on with Penglai Xianzi

    Posted May 19th 2013, 12:00am by Michael Cox

    ... $105 for $10, and Keith Yeung Ming-lun had things fall his way. Yeung dropped in behind a fast pace from gate three, pushed to the front at the 200m and held off fast-finishing Majestic Falcon ...

    http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1240807/punters-spot-penglai-xianzi

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