BANGKOK: Thai junta leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said his regime would use legal, psychological and technological measures to protect the monarchy against defamation in his first official policy speech as premier.
The warning came as Amnesty International said an “unprecedented” number of people have been charged with insulting the royals since the coup, with 14 Thais indicted under the controversial lese majeste law in less than four months.
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