Indiatoday :
Thanakorn Siripaiboon works as a mechanic at a factory and was taken into custody on December 10th after hitting the like button on a doctored image of Thailand’s king, Bhumibol Adulyadej in Facebook.
According to a report in the Bangkok Post, the Thai factory worker was arrested for re-posting an infographic which exposed corruption among government officials and for having
liked an anti-monarchy page on Facebook. The picture portrayed the country’s king in a negative light.
The laws in Thailand stipulates that any insult to the royal family can land a person in jail for upto 15 years.
The draconian royal defamation law in Thailand has been used to suppress voices against political enemies of the royalist. They also use it to justify coup’s and political interventions in the country, states a report in the Guardian .
Since the junta ruled kingdom took power in Thailand the number of cases under this law has risen from 2 to 50 in a span of two years.
Thanakorn Siripaiboon works as a mechanic at a factory and was taken into custody on December 10th after hitting the like button on a doctored image of Thailand’s king, Bhumibol Adulyadej in Facebook.
According to a report in the Bangkok Post, the Thai factory worker was arrested for re-posting an infographic which exposed corruption among government officials and for having
liked an anti-monarchy page on Facebook. The picture portrayed the country’s king in a negative light.
The laws in Thailand stipulates that any insult to the royal family can land a person in jail for upto 15 years.
The draconian royal defamation law in Thailand has been used to suppress voices against political enemies of the royalist. They also use it to justify coup’s and political interventions in the country, states a report in the Guardian .
Since the junta ruled kingdom took power in Thailand the number of cases under this law has risen from 2 to 50 in a span of two years.
