Two Thai journalists arrested over covering anti-monarchist vandalism of temple wall freed on bail

Freelance photographer Natthapon Phanphongsanon sits in a police van at Thing Song Hong police station in Bangkok on Feb. 13, 2024. - AP

BANGKOK: Two Thai journalists arrested for reporting on the vandalism of Bangkok temple wall with graffiti criticising a pro-monarchy law were released on bail Tuesday (Feb 13), a lawyer’s group said.

The arrests, carried out separately on Monday, nearly a year after the incident, drew widespread criticism and raised concerns from several right groups over the state of media freedom in Thailand.