PRACHATAI: GLOBAL COVERAGE OF RAIDS

The raid on the offices of online news website Prachatai on Friday has been widely reported and debated around the world over the weekend. Coverage from Bangkok Pundit, the BBC and The Associated Press provides and overview of what has happened.
Interesting, and despite the 'problems' seeming to relate to alleged readers comments concerning the monarchy posted on a public forum, action has been taken under the 2007 Computer Crimes Act and not Lèse-majesté. Although those responsible for the Prachatai website are not suspected of generating the comments themselves they were arrested for allegedly allowing the comments to be published.
News of the raid came within hours of Thailand's Prime Minister announcing his Government will : ".. try to clarify the way this law (Lèse-majesté) is enforced." He added: "I hope this will ease concerns over freedom of expression."