Chusak Sirinil, right, head of legal affairs for the Pheu Thai Party, at the press conference on Thursday. The NCPO asked police to press four charges in total after the party ignored a warning not to continue the press conference. On Friday key members of the biggest political party came out in its defence. He said the press conference was held because the party had an honest responsibility to protect the national and public interest. He also denied the NCPO's accusations that Pheu Thai incited insurrection at the press conference and put false information into a computer system in broadcasting it on Facebook.

Source: Bangkok Post May 18, 2018 07:20 UTC