Lee Jones has put up his statement on Abhisit visit to Oxford on his blog. He says his email to the president of St John's College, Oxford, regarding the visit of Thai PM ‘was not intended for public consumption and was thus not an accurate or complete reflection of my views.’

'This email was leaked to the Thai website Prachatai. It was subsequently linked to from the New Manadala website run out of the Australian National University. It was then picked up by The Nation, one of Thailand's English-language dailies. Today, I discovered that the main opposition party, Puea Thai, had called a press conference to draw attention to my email in order to discredit Mr Ahbisit and his government.'

The content of the email was posted on Prachatai's web-board on March 6 by a user named Redport.

The Nation has reported on this with Oxford researcher clarifies his e-mail against Thai PM and Thanong Khanthong's Oxford academic backtracks.

The Bangkokpost also covered it on Abhisit: Giles behind Oxford criticism, but Prachatai would like to note that Prachatai Director Chiranuch Premchaiporn was arrested under the 2007 computer crime law, not lese majeste law as is reported on the article.