Ji Ungpakorn

Ji Ungpakorn

Giles Ji Ungpakorn [ [http://rspas.anu.edu.au/rmap/newmandala/2006/09/24/good-one-giles/ Good one Giles!] ] (Thai: ใจ อึ๊ งภากรณ์, pronounced|tɕāj ɯ́ŋpʰāːkōn ) is a university lecturer at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He is an associate professor in the Political Science Faculty, and is also a member of the Thai socialist group Workers' Democracy, which is part of the International Socialist Tendency. Giles is the youngest son of Puey Ungpakorn and his wife Margaret Smith of London, [ [http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=Giles+Ungpakorn+kreung&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&x=wrt&u=www.thaisunday.com/news/blue_eyed_thais.shtml&w=giles+ungpakorn+kreung&d=VlGWa5IFNrFY&icp=1&.intl=us Oh Blue-Eyed Thais, Flaunt Your Western Genes! by Seth Mydans] ] and holds both Thai and British citizenship. [ [http://www.zoominfo.com/people/ungpakorn_ji_239088442.aspx Ji Giles Ungpakorn] ] He has two older brothers, Jon Ungpakorn and Peter Ungpakorn.Giles was educated in England, receiving his PhD there before returning to Thailand in 1997.

In 2006, after the military staged a coup and revoked the constitution, Giles led a demonstration in downtown Bangkok by university students. [The Independent, [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1705573.ece Thai students defy protest ban to demand the return of democracy] September 23, 2006] He was later accused of lèse majesté for calling the royally assented Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont "illicit". [Manager Online, [http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000123519 แจ้งจับ​ “​ใจ​ ​อึ๊งภากรณ์​” ​หมิ่นเบื้องสูง​ - ​กล่าวหา​ “​สุรยุทธ์​” ​นายกฯ​เถื่อน] October 3, 2006 th icon]

In February 2007, his English-language academic work "A Coup for Rich" was refused distribution by the bookstore of Chulalongkorn University. His listing the controversial "The King Never Smiles" as a reference was the explanation given by the store manager. [The Nation, [http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/02/13/politics/politics_30026694.php Chula bans second coup book] , February 28, 2007]

References

External links

* [http://kyotoreview.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/issue/issue0/article_71.html Review of Ungpakorn's book "Crimes Committed by the State: Transition in Crisis"]
* [http://www.thaitv3.com/becnews/backissue/f_famous/jai.html BEC news]
* [http://www.thaingo.org/man_ngo/jai.htm Thaingo]


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