If Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wanted to blame something or somebody for Thailand languishing in Tier 3 in the 2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, he should blame himself and his May 22 coup.
Thailand's continuance in Tier 3 on the US government's Trafficking in Persons report might have something to do with the lawsuit that the Royal Thai Navy filed against the Phuket Wan News website and two of its journalists.