Much is being said right now on Thailand’s draconian lese majeste law which forbids critical comments about the country’s royal family.

A recent FCCT event saw the topic discussed by a number of academics and human rights figures (read an overview at Siam Voices here) while fellow AC blogger Bangkok Pundit has covered in depth of late. Lese majeste is a major talking point for Twitter users in the country. And that is just scratching the surface.

Prolific Thailand-based blogger Richard Barrow has uncovered details of a worrying new arrest which has seen a Thai-born American man (who has since been named as Lerpong Wichaikhammat) detained for posting the link to a book (which violates lese majeste) on his blog… back in 2007.

Read more: Asian Correspondent