Bangkok Post, December 14, 2011
The cabinet has approved a 400 million baht budget for the Information and Communication Technology Ministry (ICT) to buy equipment to lawfully tap into websites to detect lese majeste content, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Wednesday.
Mr Chalerm, chairman of the committee for suppression of lese majeste websites, said the ICT has been assigned to purchase the equipment, which would be used to obtain communications network data pursuant to lawful authority for the purpose of analysis or evidence.
Mr Chalerm said that since its establishment his committee had, with an order and warrant issued by the Criminal Court, suspended broadcasting of texts and pictures deemed lese majeste on five websites after searching five locations in Nakhon Pathom and Bangkok and seizing a number of computers, mobile phones, and other communications equipment for examination.
He said the authorities, in doing so, tried not to violate the rights of individuals while aiming to prevent the high institution from being insulted.
Mr Chalerm admitted the committee might not be able to block all lese majeste messages and pictures sent from outside the country, but it would try to stop them from being spread further.
Thailand: B400m for lese majeste web-taps
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