This week’s edition of The Economist has not been distributed in Thailand because of local objections to an article about the royal family, the second disruption in two months, the magazine says.

Distributor bans Economist again
Published: 27/01/2009 at 01:24 AM
This week’s edition of The Economist has not been distributed in Thailand because of local objections to an article about the royal family, the second disruption in two months, the magazine says.

“This week our distributors in Thailand have decided not to deliver The Economist in light of our coverage relating to the Thai monarchy,” it said in an email to Bangkok-based subscribers.

The edition published on Friday focused on the case of Harry Nicolaides, an Australian author charged with lese majeste.

Nicolaides was sentenced to three years in jail last week for comments in a 2005 novel that were interpreted as a smear to the Crown Prince. Only seven copies of the novel were sold.
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