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Tensions between Thai authorities, journalists set to escalate

Tensions between Thai authorities and foreign journalists working in the country are expected to escalate over the weekend with the publication of a controversial survey by the Economist Magazine.

The survey includes a pointed discussion of the Thai Monarchy... as South-East Asia correspondent Geoff Thompson reports.

Police sources say the latest addition of the Economist is likely to be banned. The issue includes a 14-page survey of Thailand, which includes a 14-page survey of Thailand which includes a very direct discussion of the Thai Monarchy...one which has attracted the serious scrutiny of Thai authorities. A police source is reported as saying the offending issue of The Economist is aggressive and inappropriate. The Economist article has been published at a very delicate time in Thailand. This week two reporters from the Far Eastern Economic Review were threatened with expulsion after their working visas were revoked. Geoff Thompson, Bangkok.

02/03/2002 16:11:27 | ABC Radio Australia News

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