In High-Profile Case, Court Finds Journalists Not Guilty Of Defaming Navy

September 01 2015

Thailand

The court in Thailand has acquitted two journalists who had been charged with defaming the navy by reporting on the service's alleged involvement in human-trafficking, reports CNN.

Alan Morison, the 67-year-old Australian editor of the independent Thai news website Phuketwan, and Thai reporter Chutima Sidasathian, were found not guilty on Tuesday of criminal defamation. The case attracted considerable attention.

They were also acquitted of a charge of breaching the Computer...

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