A food deliveryman who became a cause celebre after his employer threatened to fire him was under police interrogation this morning after being arrested and charged with royal defamation.
A 25-year-old man seen burning a royal portrait at Sunday’s protest was taken from his home in northern metro Bangkok last night and charged with royal defamation. He was identified only as Sitthichok by Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, which said that he was being questioned by Nang Loeng police in Bangkok’s old quarter as of 10am on Tuesday.
Sittichok faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted under Section 112 of the penal code, a crime known as lese majeste.He’s also been charged with violating the emergency pandemic decree which has been in place since March 2020 and currently prohibits gatherings larger than five.
He joined a Sunday protest near the Government House…
