The Change.org campaign website yesterday rushed to delete spam addresses from the petition supporting Prawit as many signatories complained that their names had been used without their consent. Independent scholar Sarinee Achavanuntakul said in a Facebook post that her email address had been used without her knowledge to support the campaign. Another campaign under the name of Anonymous Thailand launched on Saturday received 5,008 signatures in support of Prawit yesterday. Warisara Sornpet, Change.org’s Thailand campaign director, confirmed yesterday that the pro-Prawit campaigns had been manipulated by coordinated email hacking. However Lt-General Kongcheep Tantravanich, spokesman for the Defence Ministry, said yesterday Prawit still had a “strong will” and “good spirits” to continue performing his duties regarding national security and the safety of society.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 05, 2018 16:52 UTC