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Published on July 23, 2007

The judges will rule on three disputes between plaintiff Sermsuk Kasitipradit and three defendants - Post Publishing, former editor David Armstrong and the board of the newspaper's provident fund.

The disputes are over whether Sermsuk's employment contract was terminated legally; whether Post Publishing and Armstrong committed torts against Sermsuk; and whether Sermsuk was entitled to severance pay of more than Bt623,000.

The Thai Journalists' Association, which issued a press release yesterday, said the verdict would set a general standard on how news should be reported and how much news sources could be relied upon. Sermsuk worked for the Bangkok Post for 22 years.