Somyot era l'editor d'una revista política, Voice of Taksin (prohibida el 2010), on va publicar dos articles al març del 2010 que les autoritats van considerar que violaven les lleis de lesa majestat.
Somyot was the editor of a political magazine, Voice of Taksin (banned in 2010), which published two articles in 2010 that was deemed to have violated lese majeste laws.