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Detained UK academic Wyn Ellis to be deported from Thailand UK academic Wyn Ellis released from Thai detention
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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 who was detained at a Thai airport over a dispute linked to a UN report he wrote nine years ago has been released.
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. He has been involved in a long-running row with a former Thai official.
He is due to be deported on Thursday. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office said the situation is now resolved.
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". Dr Ellis, who has been working with the UN on sustainable rice production, had believed he would be deported on Thursday after enduring what he called "obnoxious" conditions in an airport holding cell.
"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. Before his release, Dr Ellis had told a news agency that British Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent had phoned him to say he was "trying to do something".
"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."
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He said British Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent had phoned him, saying he was "trying to do something". His detention appeared to be connected to him being blacklisted after a dispute with Thailand's former director of the country's National Innovation Agency (NIA), Supachai Lorlowhakarn.
"But he does not appear to be having much success," Dr Ellis added. In 2008, he accused Mr Supachai of stealing material used in a dissertation the director submitted to Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University from a study Dr Ellis had previously conducted, among other sources.
Since 2008, Dr Ellis has been involved in a dispute with the then-director of Thailand's National Innovation Agency (NIA), Supachai Lorlowhakarn. Mr Supachai filed nine lawsuits against Dr Ellis, including charges of criminal defamation, which can carry a two-year prison sentence.
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.
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 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.
The Foreign Office has been asked to comment.