Chulalongkorn University political scientist Ji Ungparkorn left Thailand for the UK over the weekend to escape the charges of lese majeste.
He had written a book that broke a number of les majeste laws and he also used a banned book as evidence to back it up.
Ji said to a number of close friends before left that the Thailand can not have this kind of democracy and former PM Mr Thaksin can not unit Thailand as well. He also said that the charges were 100 % political motivated and he saw no other way out then to flee.