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Thai Wikivandal faces prison for adding Sinovac ‘salesman’ to top virologist’s page

A 24-year-old Bangkok man faces years in prison on libel charges filed yesterday for adding “salesman for Sinovac” to the Wikipedia page of a top Thai virologist.

Soradit Eiamsittipol was arrested at his home in the capital’s Bang Khun Tien district after editing the Wikipedia page of Yong Poovorawan, a virology expert at Chulalongkorn University who has fiercely defended Thailand’s reliance on the Chinese-made vaccine.

Yong’s information on Wikipedia on Tuesday briefly read, “salesman for Sinovac vaccine for the government of Prayuth Chan-o-cha.”

Images: Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau

Police said Soradit confessed to making the changes. He has been charged with defamation, and police are investigating whether he can also be prosecuted under the Computer Crime Act, legislation enacted to prevent online crimes that critics say is abused to stifle…

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