BANGKOK (AFP): A billionaire Thai opposition figure was indicted and granted bail Monday (April 11) after being charged with violating the country's tough royal defamation laws, in the highest profile lese majeste case yet.
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit (pic) was charged last year after he posted a video in which he questioned whether Thailand was leaning too heavily on Siam Bioscience -- closely linked to the Thai royal family -- for its vaccination campaign.
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