A Thai airline may face felony prices over an April Idiot's Day tweet that sparked a grievance to police about insulting the nation's king.
On April 1, Thai Vietjet posted a joke on its official Twitter account to say it was launching a brand new worldwide route from the province of Nan in Thailand, to Munich in Germany.
But it surely may run afoul of Thailand's strict legal guidelines about insulting the king, after an activist lawyer filed a police grievance, Reuters reported.
The grievance alleged the tweet - which has now been eliminated - had been supposed as mockery.
Whereas the tweet didn't brazenly make the connection, Thailand's present King Vajiralongkorn has a royal consort, Sineenat Wongvajiraphakdi, who was born in Nan - and the king himself is assumed to take frequent journeys to Germany.
The airline apologised for the tweet and stated the employees concerned had been suspended.
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Police at the moment are investigating the grievance and can resolve whether or not to proceed with prices.
Anyone discovered responsible of defaming the king may face a jail time period of as much as 15 years.
Reuters reported 183 folks have been penalised for the offence since 2020, when protests calling for democratic reform within the nation kicked off.