The semi-god King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is inviolable and even with the slightest criticism of him will put the violator in jail under Thailand's stringent lese majeste law.Published: 11-Feb-12
BANGKOK, February 11,2012 (AFP) - A 20-year-old Thai student whose father has been detained for ten months under the kingdom's strict lese majeste laws began a hunger strike on Saturday in Bangkok against the controversial legislation.
Activist Somyot Prueaksakasemsuk, the former editor of two now-defunct Red Shirt magazines, was arrested last April and charged under article 112 of the Thai criminal code over two articles deemed critical of the Thai royals.
His son Panitan, a law student, began his strike on Saturday afternoon in front of Bangkok's criminal court, and was set to fast for 112 hours to highlight the point of law in question.
His protest, which a few dozen people came out to support, comes after the seventh request for his father's bail was denied last month.
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