Summons for pro-democracy leaders are the first under lese-majesty rules for two years and come ahead of rally over monarch’s wealth
Thai police have reportedly summoned 15 prominent pro-democracy protesters to face charges under the country’s fierce lese-majesty law, ahead of a major protest that will call for the king to hand over control of the royal fortune.
Thailand’s powerful and ultra-rich royal family is shielded from criticism by one of the world’s strictest defamation laws, under which anyone who “defames, insults or threatens the king, queen, heir-apparent or regent” can face up to 15 years on each charge.
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