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	The move comes after the Attorney-General decided to have the suspect face trial and police learned that the fugitive was living in New Zealand.&nbsp;</div>
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	Wanchai Roujanawong, spokesperson for the Attorney-General, said the request had been made under a 2008 extradition agreement.&nbsp;</div>
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	An arrest warrant was issued for the 24 year old after police discovered a video clip showing him attacking the monarchy in a speech he delivered on November 27, 2013, as part of a red-shirt rally at Rajamangala Stadium in Hua Mark, Bangkok.</div>
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	At the end of last year, Ekaphob posted a photograph on social media of himself and his girlfriend holding up a New Zealand passport and claiming that he has been given New Zealand citizenship.</div>

Govt seeks to extradite lese majeste suspect from NZ

THE Office of the Attorney-General is coordinating with New Zealand to have lese majeste suspect Ekapob "Tang Achiwa" Luara extradited to face justice back home.