BANGKOK: Thai police have arrested a leading activist’s mother for failing to condemn Facebook messages that criticised the monarchy, her legal team said, in a move a rights group described as an “outrageous twist” of the kingdom’s royal insult law.
The arrest comes amid a heightened crackdown on dissent by the junta ahead of an Aug 7 referendum on a new constitution it scripted and is determined to see pass.
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