Somyot Freed!

 

Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was released on Monday after serving seven years in jail for lese majeste and defamation.
The former editor of the now-defunct Voice of Taksin magazine walked out of Bangkok Remand Prison to freedom at 6am, with his family and friends waiting to greet him.

He hugged his daughter and son and acknowledged other well-wishers before leaving the prison compound in his family’s car.

 

“I am a bit disappointed that I came out and did not see democracy, but instead a place controlled by  NCPO orders,” Voice TV quoted him as saying, a reference to the junta’s National Council for Peace and Order.”

 

 

He vowed to continue his calls for freedom and justice, and admitted the hardship of being behind bars. His detention had at least put Thailand in international focus on the problems of politics and freedom, he added.

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