An actress and protest supporter facing 15 years in prison found out today that she has been charged with insulting the royal family over two words – “very brave.”
After spending the past week perplexed by a vague police summons, Inthira “Sai” Charoenpura today appeared to formally hear the charges, where police told her they stemmed from writing those words online in a “sarcastic” social media post that went viral in the pro-democracy movement..
“Facebook user Inthira Charoenpura posted a picture that had text mocking the monarchy. It featured the words ‘I may not go back to loving you,’ ‘you are very brave,’ and ‘because everybody’s eyes are widely opened,’” read the charges, which she posted online. “The word ‘very brave’ was said by King Rama X to admirers at a royal event, and to repeat the word in a mocking tone defames his…
