News Forum - Brother fights to free US academic jailed in Thailand

[Thaiger]

A Dallas man is fighting to free his brother, a respected American academic in Thailand, after he was jailed on charges of insulting the monarchy—something his family insists he didn’t do. Paul Chambers, an American scholar and college professor based in Thailand for over 30 years, was arrested last week after Thai military authorities served … …

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[ChrisS]

So after he has been in the country for 30 years the authorities suddenly decide to come after him, I suspect despite his families protestations of his innocence there is more to this story than is being told!

[Skip]

Moral of the story... when a visitor in a foreign country stay out of their politics... another stupid American who thinks that they are special.

[23RD]

  On 4/9/2025 at 11:12 PM, Skip said:

Moral of the story... when a visitor in a foreign country stay out of their politics... another stupid American who thinks that they are special.

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Gotta be a Democrat.

[ParaMagic]

  On 4/9/2025 at 2:28 PM, ChrisS said:

So after he has been in the country for 30 years the authorities suddenly decide to come after him, I suspect despite his families protestations of his innocence there is more to this story than is being told!

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Would be interesting to know what the back story is here... An American "academic" 30 years studying the Thai civil-military? Why? 

"Chambers, originally from Oklahoma, has dedicated his career to studying civil-military relations in Southeast Asia."