Meanwhile, elsewhere:

US, UK ambassadors fall foul of Thailand’s junta

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The Obama administration’s newly installed ambassador Glyn T. Davies is being investigated for criticizing Thailand’s strict lese majeste laws at a Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) event last month.

The BBC’s Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head confirmed Wednesday on Twitter that the FCCT has been asked to cooperate with authorities’ investigation into Davies’ comments.

Just nine weeks into his Bangkok posting, the U.S. ambassador told the sell-out FCCT event: “We’re also concerned by the lengthy and unprecedented prison sentences handed down by Thai military courts against civilians for violating the lese majeste law.”

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Democracy is pretty fragile in many places in the world.