<p>A police commissioner has concluded that a young Lahu activist summarily killed was a drug dealer and has warned people who criticise the authorities over the killing that they could face defamation charges. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>On 22 March 2017, Pol Lt Gen Poolsap Prasertsak, Region 5 Police Commissioner,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news/504387">announced&nbsp;</a>that officers will investigate comments on social media about the summary killing of Chaiyapoom Pasae, a 17-year-old Lahu activist.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Condemning the decision by a Thai court to put a young pro-democracy activist on trial for sharing a BBC profile of the new king on Facebook, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities to stop using the lèse-majesté law both to jail critics and to deter the media from covering the monarchy.</p>