The Appeal Court has sentenced three protesters to life imprisonment over a blast outside Samyan Mitrtown during a 16 January 2021 protest. The term was later reduced to 33 years’ imprisonment.

<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-df4a70bf-7f79-506c-8816-83c8678cb9e9">The Thai authorities have denied reports that they are intercepting a popular smartphone chat application to hunt down lèse majesté suspects.</span></p>