Thai govt petitions embassies over lese majeste fugitives

Govt petitions embassies over lese majeste fugitives
By THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- JUSTICE MINISTER Paiboon Koomchaya yesterday said he had signed letters to be sent to seven foreign countries where 19 Thai fugitives wanted on lese majeste charges were staying in the latest attempt to force their return to Thailand.

The letter would be sent to foreign countries via their ambassadors in Bangkok, Paiboon said.

The minister did not identify the 19 suspects, who he said were actively committing lese majeste offences. The letters specified where the fugitives lived, he said.

“I wish to notify those ambassadors for them to realise the fugitives’ inappropriate movement and to ask them to understand Thai people’s feelings,” Paiboon said.

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