A Thai court has extended the pre-trial detention of a law student who shared a BBC profile of King Vajiralongkorn, despite an outcry from academics and a dramatic protest from his mother inside court.
Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, better known as "Pai" (bamboo), was one of more than 2,000 people to post the profile to Facebook, but the well-known activist was the only one to be arrested.
He faces 15 years in jail if found guilty, in a case seen as a test of how Thailand's strict lese majeste law will be applied under the new king.
The Khon Kaen provincial court considered the police application to extend Jatupat's 10-day detention for a sixth time.
When the judge announced the hearing would be conducted in secret — for the purpose of "maintaining peace and order" — Jatupat's mother reportedly stood up, shouted that she would trade her life for justice and ran into a wall, sustaining minor injuries. Full story...
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Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, better known as "Pai" (bamboo), was one of more than 2,000 people to post the profile to Facebook, but the well-known activist was the only one to be arrested.
He faces 15 years in jail if found guilty, in a case seen as a test of how Thailand's strict lese majeste law will be applied under the new king.
The Khon Kaen provincial court considered the police application to extend Jatupat's 10-day detention for a sixth time.
When the judge announced the hearing would be conducted in secret — for the purpose of "maintaining peace and order" — Jatupat's mother reportedly stood up, shouted that she would trade her life for justice and ran into a wall, sustaining minor injuries. Full story...
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