Man arrested painting anti-lese majeste law message at Temple of Emerald Buddha


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Police arrested a 24-year-old man on Tuesday (March 28) evening as he graffitied a message protesting the lese majeste law on the wall of Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district.

The suspect, Suttawee Soikham, used black spray to paint and cross out the number 112 on the wall of the temple commonly known as Wat Phra Kaew, which is located in the same complex as the Grand Palace near the royal field of Sanam Luang.

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