Maneerat Paliphat, permanent secretary at the ministry, did not name the other
four, or hint at how she knew about the "honour".
But she did say that the webmasters of the porn sites could not be penalised as
they have registered the sites overseas.
Mrs Maneerat said the flourishing pornography and cyber-criminals associated
with Thailand present a social problem. Cases of hacking and online fraud
working from Thailand have been handed to the Department of Special
Investigation.
In the meantime, she said, Thailand needs more laws and regulations to prevent
such social problems.
The ICT Ministry has redirected thousands of websites to its so-called "cyber
inspector," the green screen of mean which informs Internet users they have
reached a blocked site.
In addition to obscene sites, the ministry has attempted to block sites which
can affect national security, such as those relating to the three southernmost
provinces of Thailand. In practice, the censorship is leaky.
