A protester who stripped naked in front of riot police will be charged with indecent exposure among other crimes.
Maj. Gen. Piya Tawichai of the Metropolitan Police Bureau said on Wednesday that Worawan Sae-aung or “Auntie Pao” faces a THB5,000 fine if found guilty of public nudity after she stripped naked to protest police brutality at an anti-government rally in Bangkok.
She also faces counts of public nudity and violating the emergency decree over Tuesday’s protest at Nang Loeng Intersection
While provoking disgust from the pro-government side, Worawan’s nude act was cheered by others.
“[She] is one of the people who fought until they didn’t know how to fight anymore and decided to leave nudity as the last weapon that can irritate government officials,” tweeted Kanokrat Lertchoosakul, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University.
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