Thai Police Charge Teen with Royal Defamation
Reuters Updated at 9:15 p.m. ET on 2020-12-17 A 16-year-old boy and a fellow activist were charged Thursday in Bangkok for allegedly violating Thailand’s strict royal defamation law by performing in a satirical street show that poked fun at the monarchy during a pro-democracy protest in October, their attorneys said. Noppasilp – a schoolboy whose last name was withheld by his attorney for privacy reasons – and Jatuporn Sae Ung reported to the Yannawa police station in Bangkok after being summoned there, said Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), a legal aid group that has ...
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