<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-daa8ee26-463c-42c5-14f5-f66affe34ff4">The police arrested a lèse majesté suspect from northern Thailand and accused him of posting lèse majesté content on Facebook. He was accused of being part of the </span><a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/4748">Banpodj Network</a>, an alleged criminal organisation, which produces online and other electronic content to discredit the junta and the monarchy.</p>

<p>In an unprecedented decision a military court has granted bail to a 50-year-old cook, accused of possessing illegal weapons after having denied her bail request four times.</p>

<div> <div>The military court has refused to grant bail to a 50-year-old woman from northern Lamphun Province, accused of possessing illegal weapons, despite the suspect’s poor health. The defence lawyer, meanwhile, has challenged the military court’s jurisdiction over the case.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Saowani Intalo, a 50-year-old restaurant owner, was arrested along with Phairat Singkham, 38 years old, during a 26 May raid by military and police forces on a longan farm in the northern province of Lamphun. </div></div>