BANGKOK (Reuters) - An American academic who was arrested in Thailand and charged with insulting the royal family has been released on bail, but his immigration status remains contested, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Thailand's Naresuan University was detained on Tuesday after a complaint was filed by the royalist army accusing him of defaming the powerful monarchy of Thailand, which has one of the world's strictest lese majeste laws. The Immigration bureau has revoked his visa.
