Police threaten to prosecute authors of seized letters to king

Police said they are examining letters submitted by pro-democracy campaigners to King Vajiralongkorn and vowed to prosecute anyone whose messages “violated the law.”

Maj. Gen. Piya Tawichai, deputy metro police commander, said yesterday they will carefully inspect the contents of four mailboxes containing letters addressed to King Vajiralongkorn that the police hauled off rather than deliver to the palace. The red mailboxes and letters have been at the Chanasongkram Police Station since Sunday night, when thousands of protesters marched from the Democracy Monument to the Grand Palace to deliver their letters to the king. 

Piya said they would file charges over letters found to “violate any laws,” most likely referring to the lese majeste law which punishes royal insult by up to 15 years in prison.

The number of letters was unclear, and many were submitted…