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2014 Nov 3, In Thailand Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij (36), one of the founders of popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, was arrested under an Interpol warrant as crossed into Thailand from Laos. Neij, along with other Pirate Bay co-founders, was convicted of aiding copyright infringement by a court in Sweden in 2009. He fled the country after being released on bail. (AP, 11/4/14)2014 Nov 4, A Thai court sentenced a university student to 2 1/2 years in prison for posting a message on Facebook that the court said insulted the country's king. (AP, 11/4/14)2014 Nov 10, Thailand police said 259 migrants will be put back on boats and sent back to Myanmar. The Rohingya migrants were found at sea on Nov 8 and were arrested for illegal entry. (Reuters, 11/10/14)2014 Nov 11, Thai police banned a British journalist's book about politics in Thailand for "defaming" the monarchy, in a country with one of the world's strictest lese majeste laws. The sale and distribution of "A Kingdom in Crisis" by freelance journalist and author Andrew MacGregor Marshall, formerly based in Bangkok, was banned in Thailand a month after it was published by London-based Zed Books. (AFP, 11/13/14)2014 Nov 17, A Thai military helicopter carrying 9 army personnel crashed in northern Thailand killing all on board in Phayao province. (Reuters, 11/17/14)2014 Nov 18, Thailand's military-installed Cabinet approved a bill curbing public gatherings after years of political demonstrations led to violence and often paralyzed the country's capital. (AP, 11/18/14)2014 Nov 18, Thai Web radio host Kathawut Boonpitak was sentenced to five years in prison, in the first verdict by a military court in cases involving alleged defamation of the country's monarchy. (AP, 11/18/14)2014 Nov 23, Thailand authorities arrested former Central Investigation Bureau chief Lt. Gen. Pongpat Chayapan and six colleagues on serious charges ranging from bribery to insulting the monarchy. More suspects were being investigated in the high-profile scandal. (AP, 11/25/14)2014 Nov 24, In Thailand a military court sentenced a Web editor to 4 1/2 years in jail for publishing an article five years ago that it said defamed the nation's king. The sentence against Nut Rungwong was cut in half because he pleaded guilty to the charge. (AP, 11/24/14)2014 Nov 26, Thai police said land deeds, illegal ivory, golden amulets and other antiques have been found on properties owned by former Central Investigation Bureau chief Lt. Gen. Pongpat Chayapan and one of his subordinates, Col. Kowit Muangnual. In March, 2015, authorities began auctioning off 27,000 objects seized from Chayapan. (AP, 11/26/14)(SFC, 3/6/15, p.A5)2014 Nov 26, In Thailand a diplomat from the Greek Embassy died after she fell under a moving train. (AP, 11/26/14)2014 Nov 27, Thailand's interim parliament gave initial approval to a bill banning commercial surrogacy, the practice of hiring a woman to carry a fetus to term. (AP, 11/28/14)
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