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- Movie: The Truth Be Told: The Cases Against Supinya Klangnarong
- Thai:
- Director: Pimpaka Towira
- Writer:
- Producer: Pimpaka Towira
- Cinematographer: Nitivat Cholvanichsiri, Uruphong Raksasad, Oraporn Laksanakorn, Pattana Chirawong
- Release Date: May 28, 2008
- Runtime: 110 min.
- Language: Thai
- Country: Thailand
Plot
A chronicle of the crucial moment in the life of Supinya Klangnarong, a Thai media
activist and Secretary-General of the Campaign for Popular Media Reform (CPMR),
in her fight against the 2003 defamation charges from Shin Corporation, the
telecommunication giant owned at the time by the family of former Thai Prime
Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The case was filed against her and the daily newspaper
Thai Post following her published article which suggests a conflict of interest due to
the government’s beneficiary policies for the corporation. As a result, she faced both
criminal and civil libel suits, threatening for 400 million Baht (11 million USD) and
imprisonment.
Although the charges were later dropped in March 2006, this vicious lawsuit that had
been haunting her life through this 3-year period has become a part of her, as well as
serving as a political instrument over the course of the time. Does this victory of hers
spark hope for the rest of us, that the freedom of speech may just help bringing about
a change in the Thai society and politics?
Or is it just in our thought that it can change?
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