Another lese majeste complaint has been lodged by police against BBC Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head over a report he wrote and which appeared on a BBC website. Pol Lt-Col Wattanasak Mungkitkandi, of Bang Mod station, accused Mr Head of undermining the monarchy in his article: "How did Thai protesters manage it?"
He presented a copy of the article together with a Thai translation to the Crime Suppression Division.
Earlier, Pol Lt-Col Wattanasak filed a complaint against Mr Head in connection with remarks he allegedly made when moderating a panel discussion on "Coup, Capital and Crown" at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand on Dec 13 last year.
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