BANGKOK — Paul Chambers, an academic charged under Thailand’s draconian law of lese-majeste in April, said he fled the kingdom on U.S. embassy advice when it became apparent that he was in danger of facing further charges despite the first being dismissed by the attorney general’s office.
“My lawyers and the U.S. Embassy people realized that there were certain elements — right-wing elements — that wanted this decision to be reversed somehow or wanted to bring up new charges against me,” Chambers told Nikkei Asia.
