A Thai court has set trial dates for a Hong Kong-based photojournalist arrested
in August on charges of violating Thai law for possessing a bulletproof
vest and helmet after covering a bombing at a Bangkok shrine.
Hok Chun Anthony Kwan, 30, learned at a Nov. 16
pretrial hearing that he will have to head back to court in Bangkok next
year for four days in April, Kwan's friend Mark Vancleave told NBC
News. Kwan's arrest has drawn sharp criticism from journalist organizations in Hong Kong, as well as from the Asian American Journalists Association, of which Kwan was a member while attending college in Minnesota.
"It's kind of a tough position he's in," said Vancleave, who added that
Kwan has unintentionally become a "model for legal theory" in the Thai
government's prosecution of journalists who carry body armor while
reporting in the field.
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