Ekachai Hongkangwan (right) was sentenced to three years and four months in jail after selling copies of a controversial Australian documentary considered as lese majeste in 2011. (Bangkok Post photo)The army has detained an activist who wrote on Facebook that he would wear the politically charged colour of red to mark King Bhumibol Adulyadej's cremation this week. A lawyer for Ekachai Hongkangwan says soldiers arrested Ekachai at his Bangkok home on Tuesday morning and indicated they would detain him outside the city. Mr Ekachai commented on Facebook last week that he would wear red on Oct 26, the day the body of the late King Rama IX will be cremated during an elaborate five-day funeral, and “do what people least expect”. Mr Ekachai previously served nearly three years in prison for violating the lese majeste law by distributing copies of an Australian documentary on the royal family.

Source: Bangkok Post October 24, 2017 11:04 UTC