Kom Chad Luek cease printing for three days
Nation Multimedia Group announced that its mass-circulation Kom Chad Luek daily will stop printing for three days to take responsibility over a publishing error deemed lese majeste.
Nation Multimedia Group editor Thepchai Yong told a press conference at 2:30 am that the paper would stop publishing on March 31, April 1 and 2. Korkhet Chanthalertlak, editor of Kom Chad Luek, also announced his resignation as a way to take responsibility for the error happened on March 24. Korkhet had already submitted his resignation as editor. In a statement, the editorial department also dismiss the front page editor responsible for the mistake in the report last Friday. "The editorial department of KCL would like to express out deepest penitence and regret for the error and will take maximum precautions to prevent any similar mistake from happening again," the statement said. The paper on Wednesday published an apology to the King on its front page also submitted an appeal for a royal pardon to the Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary. The daily, the Nation's sister Thai language newspaper, early admitted that it erred by failing to print Sondhi's reference to the King in full, thus leaving Sondhi's remarks in a form that could be upsetting the His Majesty. "The KCL editorial department affirms its full allegiance to the monarchy and will loyally uphold the royal power as it has always done in its report," it said a statement. The Nation
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