In a report published on Thursday (April 23), Amnesty International claimed that the authorities are using the ongoing Covid-19 crisis to launch a systematic campaign to crush dissent by prosecuting social-media users who criticise the government or the monarchy. 

ONLINE CRITICS were warned to be careful what they say about the government’s performance, as Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday ordered all state officers to elevate their monitoring of Internet comments and enforce the laws relating to them.