INDONESIA IS STILL THE ONLY FREE COUNTRY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Freedom House, an independent non-profit organization advocating human rights around the world since 1941 recently released the 2008 Freedom of the World Scores. Indonesia retained its status as the only "free" country in our region. [ source]
BISEAN first featured these findings last year -- Freedom in Southeast Asia

Thailand has been elevated from "Not Free" to "Partially Free" status together with Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Timor Leste this year.