<p>The Computer-Related Crime Act, Section 15:</p> <p>&ldquo;Any service provider intentionally supports or consents to commit the offence under Section 14 in the computer system under his control, shall receive the same punishment as prescribed under Section 14.&rdquo;</p>

<p>Comments on the Prachatai English website are descending into the kind of undisciplined shambles that one normally associates with Premier League footballers when their team is losing or members of a Thai political party when Cabinet seats are being divvied up. &nbsp;Just last week, this column was blessed with a comment from the impressively prolific Tony. And for the life of me I can&rsquo;t understand why.</p>

<p>Extra police are having to be drafted in to take charge of parking at the Crime Suppression Division which is rapidly becoming overcrowded, leading to unfortunate cases of road rage among CSD officers all clamouring for space.</p>

<p>The Thai Immigration Officers were being trained in spotting false documents. There were counterfeit passports, where the entire documents are fakes; and forged passports, which are genuine passports that have been illegally tampered with.</p>

<p>13 February 2012. &nbsp;The witness hearing in the case of Somyos Prueksakasemsuk in Songkhla Provincial Court was postponed when the witness failed to appear, citing the unnecessary difficulty of travelling from Bangkok.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Somyos had been transported from Bangkok to Songkhla because the witness to be heard was registered as resident in Songkhla Province. In fact he lives and studies in Pathum Thani, just north of Bangkok, and asked to give testimony at the Criminal Court in Bangkok. &nbsp;This will now happen on 18 April.<br /> &nbsp;</p>

<p>It&rsquo;s a great time to be a crime reader. &nbsp;From Tartan Noir to Scandinavian sleuthing, there&rsquo;s a ton of good reading out there.<br /> &nbsp;</p>

<p>Suppose you are the government and you want to block a website.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> The constitution says you can&rsquo;t do this. &nbsp;At least not without good reason.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Section 45 says: &lsquo;A person shall enjoy the liberty to express his or her opinion, make speeches, write, print, publicise, and make expression by other means.&rsquo; &nbsp;Blocking a website, like closing a newspaper or banning a book, is a clear violation of this liberty.<br /> &nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;You lose, or have stolen, something of value. Your duty is to trot along to the local police station, and report the fact. After some time (a phrase deliberately chosen for its flexible interpretation), you will emerge with a police report.</p>

<p>&nbsp;The news that the film <em>&lsquo;Shakespeare Tong Tai&rsquo;</em> (Shakespeare Must Die) has been banned by the censors comes as no surprise to teachers of English literature in the nation. They report an ever-growing list of censored works, and are often bewildered by the official reasons given for the bans.</p>

<p>And if we can move to the next item on the agenda? &nbsp;Which is, er, &hellip;<br /> &nbsp;<br /> The research study by Acharn Ekaphap.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Ah yes, and this is for his promotion to Assistant Professor, am I right?<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Yes, sir. &nbsp;If you recall my proposal submitted last year, &hellip;<br /> &nbsp;<br /> A point of order, Mr Chairman, I believe that this agenda item is inappropriate and must be withdrawn.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Withdrawn, Acharn Rabiab? &nbsp;Whatever for?<br /> &nbsp;</p>

<p>In a way, you could understand it. &nbsp;His formative years were during the Great Depression when scrimping and saving was not a sign of anal-retentive miserliness but an essential strategy for survival. &nbsp;But years later, when my father had prospered as far as a Morris Minor, his driving habits reflected his upbringing.<br /> &nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;A family funeral gives you chance to show off your knowledge of Thai ceremonies and to make a complete nuisance of yourself by asking useless questions.</p>