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<div>Thai police on Friday filed more charges against former Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang. He is now facing a maximum jail term of 14 years.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The police charged Chaturon under Article 14 of the Computer Crime Act for his Facebook posts of his anti-coup statement.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>He was previously charged with defying the junta’s order and with sedition under Article 116 of the Criminal Code. </div>
<p>Chaturon Chaisang, former education minister, was arrested on Tuesday at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) shortly after he finished holding a press conference there. He was arrested in front of about 100 reporters.&nbsp;</p>