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Computer crime warrant in Thailand out for London-based Facebook user ‘KhonthaiUk’ for posting false information
More than a dozen people have been prosecuted for sharing posts from the account
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Police in Thailand have obtained an arrest warrant for a London-based Facebook user for allegedly posting false information about the Thai government while dozens of Thais have been prosecuted for sharing it.
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Tourist police chief Surachate Hakparn said KonthaiUk posted on Facebook: “Airships bought to be repaired. Now B91.2bn (US$2.84 billion) satellites to line their pockets. Will we tolerate it?”
The post used a photo collage of airships, satellites and Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon. A photo of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was also doctored, he said at a briefing at the Technology Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok.
“Such modifications may cause panic among people who may believe the information is real,” he said.
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An initial investigation found Mrs Watana Ebbage, 56, who lives in London, registered the page.
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