Metropolitan Police Chief Wiroj Chantharangsi has warned Thai fans to mind their manners and not to link politics to the Asean Championship match against Singapore in Bangkok on Sunday. He said Thai fans should remain concerned about the country's reputation and exhibit good sportsmanship. Metropolitan police plan to step up security at the stadium, with both uniform and plainclothes officers deployed inside the sports facility. In their first meeting earlier in the week, a controversial penalty led the Thai team to walk off the field in protest before returning 15 minutes later.The Nation
ROK Entertainment Group has launched its mobile TV service in Thailand, in conjunction with mobile network operator AIS. The mobile TV subscription starts at 50 baht per month and offers up to 20 streaming music, sports and entertainment channels in both English and Thai. Within the next year, AIS aims to generate approximately 1 million subscribers to the service.WSN
The number of blocked Web sites in Thailand since the coup has increased by 500 percent as of January, according to the campaign group Freedom Against Censorship Thailand. The number of blocked sites as of Jan. 11 was 13,435, compared with 2,475 in Oct. 13 of last year. Sites blocked by the military-imposed government include anti-coup Web sites such as 19sep.org and Thai Web discussion boards. FACT said no identification of the blocked websites has been disclosed to the public, nor do the involved government agencies disclose what criteria they use to block some sites.
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