- 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 inBangkok ,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 theInternational Socialist Tendency . Giles is the youngest son ofPuey Ungpakorn and his wife Margaret Smith ofLondon , [ [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 inEngland , receiving hisPhD 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 oflèse majesté for calling the royally assented Prime MinisterSurayud Chulanont "illicit". [Manager Online, [http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000123519 แจ้งจับ “ใจ อึ๊งภากรณ์” หมิ่นเบื้องสูง - กล่าวหา “สุรยุทธ์” นายกฯเถื่อน] 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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