Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, editor of Voice Of Taksin magazine, has been arrested and charged with
lèse-majesté. The charge relates to two columns, titled คมความคิด ("Sharp thinking"), published in February and March 2010 (vol. 1, no. 15–16), written by Jit Pollachan (a pseudonym for Jakrapob Penkair). Voice Of Taksin was notorious for its radical and inflammatory content: some issues have incited violence, with a cartoon of a Molotov cocktail ("Don't throw more than two bottles per day!") and a cover depicting a hand grenade ("Bomb the aristocrats"). The magazine also included regular features on the Russian and French revolutions, and shortly before the Supreme Court ruling on Thaksin Shinawatra's assets, Voice of Taksin printed the telephone numbers and addresses of each Supreme Court judge. It has also persistently attacked the head of the Privy Council, Prem Tinsulanonda.
