<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>After the<a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/"> Harvard Crimson</a>&nbsp;an article which talked about the pro-coup Thai elite trying to influence the Thai Studies programme at Harvard for the “personal safety of its author,” the paper on Thursday reposted the article on its website saying it was now safe because the author had left Thailand.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/">The Harvard Crimson</a>&nbsp;on Wednesday removed an article which talked about the pro-coup Thai elite trying to influence the Thai Studies programme at Harvard for the “personal safety of its author.”&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Written by Ilya Garger, the article “Troubles with Thai Studies” raised concerns that by allowing the pro-coup Thai elite to influence the establishment of a permanent Thai Studies programme at Harvard, academic freedom may become compromised.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>“Having overthrown a series </div>

<p>Fuadi Pitsuwan, son of Surin Pitsuwan, former foreign minister, former ASEAN Secretary-General and a member of the Democrat Party, wrote an article, appeared in an online journal, PacNet, dated 8 January in response to what he saw as the <a href="http://csis.org/files/publication/Pac1403.pdf">“tyranny of global commentary.”</a> Fuadi is currently a fellow at the Asia Centre at the prestigious Harvard University.</p> <p></p>