Chuwat Rerksirisuk, Prachatai editor, says he has yet to see details of the charge against Prachatai Director Chiranuch Premchaiporn, but only knows that comments posted by readers and left displayed on the web-board led to the arrest.
The police have confiscated Chiranuch's computer for investigation, and are now copying data in her hard disk. Assoc Prof Chantana Banpasirichote, political science lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, is going to the Crime Suppression Division to bail Chiranuch out using her public service position, as the police say the bail would be possible.
The Prachatai editor says he still does not know which comments caused the problem, but will do when the police give Chiranuch the details of the charge later.
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