15-year-old girl also arrested at the scene said to be youngest lese-majeste suspect to date
Two police officers rush to arrest a man using black spray paint to write and then cross out the number 112 on the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok on Tuesday evening. (Capture from video)
A 24-year-old man arrested for spray-painting the number 112 on the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok on Tuesday evening has been hit with police charges carrying up to seven years in prison.
The number 112 is used by protesters in referring to Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese-majeste law under which many of them have been charged and which they want revoked.
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