Temple tantrum: Anarchist tag lands man behind bars for 8 months

From The Thaiger
July 4, 2024

A man who spray-painted an anarchist symbol and the number 112, referencing the lese-majeste law, on the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, part of the Grand Palace last year has been sentenced to eight months in jail without suspension.

Thai journalists arrested for news coverage of anarchist graffiti on temple

From Reuters

February 13, 2024 BANGKOK - Two Thai journalists have been arrested for their story about an activist spray painting an anarchist symbol and a symbol critical of "lese majeste" laws on a Bangkok temple wall almost a year ago, the police and their lawyers said on Tuesday.

Activist Arrested for Spraypainting Anti-monarchy Slogans on Palace

From Vice
March 30, 2023, 6:35am

A man was arrested in Thailand on Tuesday after spray painting anti-monarchy symbols on a wall at Bangkok’s Grand Palace.

In videos of the arrest circulating online, police are seen tackling the man after he draws a circle around the letter ‘A’—representing anarchism—and the numbers “112” in strikethrough—a reference to Section 112 of Thailand’s Criminal Code, a royal defamation law often used against pro-democracy activists.

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