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Thailand detains nine for hacking govt websites in protest
Published Tue, Dec 27, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Bangkok
THAI authorities have detained at least nine people on suspicion of hacking, a senior junta official said Monday, following days of disruption to government websites sparked by the passing of a controversial cyber censorship law.
Earlier this month, Thailand's rubber-stamp parliament unanimously approved a new security law that will make it much easier for the junta to scrub the web of content it dislikes.
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