 Across Asia: Thailand
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-25 07:31 Protest chief arrested Thai media firebrand Sondhi Limthongkul, leader of an anti-government street campaign, yesterday surrendered to police to answer accusations of insulting King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Sondhi, who staged similar protests in 2005 that eventually resulted in a coup against then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, led 1,500 protesters on a 1 km march to give himself up at the Metropolitan Police Headquarters. He faces up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of defaming the deeply revered monarch. "This is a political set-up. He did nothing wrong," his lawyer, Suwat Apaipak, said before police questioned Sondhi for two hours. (China Daily 07/25/2008 page11) |
