BANGKOK, Oct 16 — Thai police said today that two men would be charged with attempted violence against the queen, which carries a possible death sentence, after an incident in which her motorcade was heckled on Wednesday. As Queen Suthida's convoy passed a group of protesters on Wednesday, video...
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida are pictured as the motorcade drives towards the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand October 14, 2020. — Reuters pic
Bunkueanun “Francis” Paothong told Reuters he had been charged, after he was transported from Bangkok to a border patrol police base outside of the province. Thai Lawyers for Human Rights told Reuters that its lawyers were helping the two. They made no comment on the case.
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