An article by Mark Farmaner, Director at Burma Campaign UK, in Huffington Post.
Andy Hall is a migration researcher who defends the rights of migrants in Thailand, including migrants from Burma. He documented exploitation of migrant workers at a factory owned by Wirat Piyapornpaiboon’s Natural Fruit company. Instead of taking action to end human rights violations against his workers, he is taking legal action against Andy Hall. He is suing him on a range of charges, including defamation, saying that he was “broadcasting false statements to public media'” and also demanding damages. If convicted, Andy Hall could be imprisoned for seven or more years and fined more than £6.6m (around $10m).