re: "Kingly advice" (BP, PostBag, May 18, 2023)
Dear editor,
Burin Kantabutra is right as regards the need to reform Thailand's harmfully used lèse majesté law, section 112 of the Criminal Code. Apart from such such reform being fully in line with the express wishes of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, as Mr Kantabutra elucidates with his usual erudition and rigour, anyone who truly values Thailand's monarchy and desires it to have a future as a respected and loved Thai institution will actively support Move Forward's sensible, modest proposals to reform such law whose abuse in full accord with the provisions thereof as currently written leads to such headlines as "Another teen girl faces 112 charge" (Bangkok Post, May 17) — the sort of thing that can hardly bring any associated institution into good repute or enhanced respect.
Move Forward's proposed amendments to section 112 of the Criminal Code are the surest protection any party or group has made to protect the nation's monarchy as Thailand grows up into a flourishing democracy with an admirable constitutional monarchy that has not forgot its historic roots.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on May 19, 2023, under the title "Sensible proposals" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2573792/be-a-good-sport
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