BANGKOK: A Thai journalist sentenced to two years in prison for defaming the owner of a poultry farm via a tweet said Thursday the kingdom’s criminal libel laws are eviscerating media freedom.
The farm had been at the centre of a labour dispute by Myanmar workers complaining of punishing working hours and conditions. Chanchai has brought multiple defamation cases against journalists, workers and human rights activists.
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