The police on Friday 1 April 2016 confiscated a red bowl from a supporter of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The woman came to give Yingluck moral support when the former Prime Minister visited the Supreme Court (Criminal Division) for Holders of Political Office, Thai media reported.
The message “I love the person you hate and I hate whom you love” was inscribed on the bowl. There is no further report about the woman.
Yingluck attended the court as the defendant in a case related to the controversial rice-pledging scheme. She is accused of dereliction of duty and malfeasance.
On Tuesday, military officers in Chiang Mai arrested Theerawan Charoensuk, 57, for posting on Facebook a picture of herself holding the red bowl with a Songkran message from Thaksin.
The picture of the bowl was posted on her Facebook profile together with images of Thaksin and his sister, Yingluck, with the message “Happy 2016 Songkran Day, this Songkran, I especially miss all my brothers and sisters very much and want to help you solve problems, but before that I would like to send encouragement, love and thoughts.”
The military filed a charge against Theerawan under Article 116 of the Criminal Code, the sedition law, for posting the picture. Yesterday the Military Court of Chiang Mai released her on bail of 100,000 baht, about 2800 USD, pending a military trail. If found guilty, she could face up to seven years in prison.
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