Petition for crackdown on insults to monarch submitted
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The Lawyers Council of Thailand on Wednesday submitted a petition demanding that the government crack down harder on ill-intentioned groups behind insulting remarks against the monarch posted online as well as doctored photos.
LCT Chairman Sak Korsaengruang said the petition was submitted to Deputy PM Chalerm Yoobamrung, who has been appointed chairman of a committee tasked to crack down on websites deemed offensive to the monarchy.
The petition said that the royal insults in cyberspace were spreading because police and the Information and Communications Technology Ministry have failed to deal with the offenders, which could be considered as negligence under the Constitution.
The Nation
