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| Detained UK academic Wyn Ellis to be deported from Thailand | Detained UK academic Wyn Ellis to be deported from Thailand |
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| A British academic detained at a Thai airport over a dispute linked to a UN report he wrote nine years ago is to be deported. | A British academic detained at a Thai airport over a dispute linked to a UN report he wrote nine years ago is to be deported. |
| Agricultural consultant Wyn Ellis, from Swansea, was held at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday and told he had been reported as a national security threat. | Agricultural consultant Wyn Ellis, from Swansea, was held at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday and told he had been reported as a national security threat. |
| Dr Ellis has been involved in a long-running row with a former-Thai official he accused of plagiarism. | Dr Ellis has been involved in a long-running row with a former-Thai official he accused of plagiarism. |
| He is due to be deported on Thursday. | He is due to be deported on Thursday. |
| The Royal Thai Immigration Department has demanded he pay 250 euros (£182) for a flight to Norway, with Dr Ellis describing the conditions he has endured in an airport holding cell as "obnoxious". | |
| "The Immigration are being good to me. I have had my third shower in a week and they gave me a good lunch yesterday," he told a news agency. | "The Immigration are being good to me. I have had my third shower in a week and they gave me a good lunch yesterday," he told a news agency. |
| "But not much else appears to be functioning and they insist I will have to go back to Norway, my last point of departure. | "But not much else appears to be functioning and they insist I will have to go back to Norway, my last point of departure. |
| "The airline said they would not take me to Singapore, which is preferable." | "The airline said they would not take me to Singapore, which is preferable." |
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| He said British Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent had phoned him, saying he was "trying to do something". | He said British Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent had phoned him, saying he was "trying to do something". |
| "But he does not appear to be having much success," Dr Ellis added. | "But he does not appear to be having much success," Dr Ellis added. |
| Since 2008, Dr Ellis has been involved in a dispute with the then-director of Thailand's National Innovation Agency (NIA), Supachai Lorlowhakarn. | Since 2008, Dr Ellis has been involved in a dispute with the then-director of Thailand's National Innovation Agency (NIA), Supachai Lorlowhakarn. |
| He accused Mr Supachai of stealing material used in the director's dissertation, submitted to Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, from a study Dr Ellis had previously conducted, among other sources. | He accused Mr Supachai of stealing material used in the director's dissertation, submitted to Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, from a study Dr Ellis had previously conducted, among other sources. |
| Mr Supachai filed nine lawsuits against Dr Ellis, including charges of criminal defamation, which carries a possible two-year prison sentence. | Mr Supachai filed nine lawsuits against Dr Ellis, including charges of criminal defamation, which carries a possible two-year prison sentence. |
| Dr Ellis eventually won seven of the nine cases against him, settling two out of court, with the last heard at the Supreme Court in May 2014. | Dr Ellis eventually won seven of the nine cases against him, settling two out of court, with the last heard at the Supreme Court in May 2014. |
| Mr Supachai had his doctorate revoked in June 2012 and, shortly after, he was given a suspended sentence after being convicted of forgery. | Mr Supachai had his doctorate revoked in June 2012 and, shortly after, he was given a suspended sentence after being convicted of forgery. |
| Dr Ellis's detention appears to be connected to him being blacklisted at the request of Mr Supachai at the height of their legal dispute in 2009. | Dr Ellis's detention appears to be connected to him being blacklisted at the request of Mr Supachai at the height of their legal dispute in 2009. |
| The Foreign Office has been asked to comment. | The Foreign Office has been asked to comment. |