Police arrested singer Chai-amorn Kaewwiboonpan, aka Ammy The Bottom Blues, in Ayutthaya province early on Wednesday for allegedly setting fire to a portrait of the King.
Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said Mr Chai-amorn was taken into custody at a rented room about 12.40am. The singer cited illness and requested he be transferred to a hospital.
Police were taking him to a hospital in Bangkok, he said.
Police on Tuesday denied reports that the singer had been arrested.
The deputy commissioner said legal action would also be taken against other people, after a video of the incident…
