<p>On 10 June 2007 the military-appointed interim prime minister of Thailand signed into effect a new law on computer-related offences. <a href="news.php?id=117">The Computer Crime Act BE 2550 (2007),</a> which was published in the government gazette just over a week later, is ostensibly intended to prevent violations of computer privacy and block the spread of pornography through the Internet.</p>

<p>(Hong Kong, July 23, 2007) An online petition has been launched in support of a Thai lecturer who has been accused of insulting the monarchy through the questions asked in a university examination paper.</p>