Freedom of the Press in Thailand Page: 4
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government, whose conferences were always held
during the rainy season, it ran poems on water
buffaloes. The Siamese language was well adapted
to such indirect attack.?
During the reign of King Prajadhipok (Rama VII, 1925-
1935), a newspaper was accused of being irresponsible in
reporting the government news. Therefore, the government
promulgated a more stringent press law in 1927 which had
directly and indirectly institute controls.
Direct controls included refusing publishing licenses
to persons who had not been permanent residents of Thailand
and providing for revocation of licenses at any time for
reasons of public security or for publication of articles
tending to undermine relations between Thailand and nations
with which it had treaties. All editors had to be educated
through nine years of formal education.8
After the press law of 1927 was promulgated, the news-
papers were always under both censorship and stringent controls
until the revolution of 1932 headed by Pridi Panomyong9
which brought the absolute monarchy to an end. The civilians
supporting Pridi were mostly young, Western-educated liberals
who saw themselves as modernizing the government.
Press freedom was part of that modernization, and the
7Thomson, p. 792.
8Mitchell, p. 216.
9Pridi Panomyong, now a law professor at Chulalongkorn
University, was a key person in the revolution of 1932.
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Sangchan, Dangtoi. Freedom of the Press in Thailand, thesis, December 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663236/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .