Police have summoned seven leaders of anti-government protests to face charges of lese majeste over comments made at demonstrations that demanded reforms to the monarchy, a police source and a rights group said on Tuesday.
It will be the first time such charges have been brought under the lese majeste law relating to insults to the royal family in more than two years. They can carry up to 15 years in prison.
Protests that began in July against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha have increasingly turned to demands to curb the King’s…
