Thai protesters face royal insult charges

By Panarat Thepgumpanat
Updated November 25 2020 - 6:09am, first published 6:03am
Protests against the Thai government have increasingly turned to demands to curb the king's powers.
Protests against the Thai government have increasingly turned to demands to curb the king's powers.

Thai police have summoned seven leaders of anti-government protests to face charges of insulting the monarchy, a day before a planned demonstration to demand that the king give up control of the royal fortune, a police source and a rights group say.

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