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2 Thai university students indicted for defaming the country's monarchy in stage performance
Published December 03, 2015
FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2008 file photo, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej reviews the honor guard in Bangkok, Thailand. Prosecutors in Thailand have charged two people with defaming the country's monarchy in a stage performance at a university last year, moving on a complaint filed by a group of royalists, a lawyer said Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File) (The Associated Press)
A lawyer says prosecutors have charged two Thai university students with defaming the country's monarchy in a stage performance.
Lawyer Pawinee Chumsri says the students were charged with lese majeste, which mandates a prison term of up to 15 years for anyone insulting Thailand's monarchy.
The students — a male and a female — were involved in a play at Bangkok's Thammasat University last October called "The Wolf Bride," which told the story of a fictional monarch. They've been in jail since their arrest in August, and were charged Friday.
Pawinee said Tuesday that a court has repeatedly rejected their bail requests, citing the charge's high penalty.
The indictment comes during a period of heightened nationalism under a military-installed government that took power in a coup in May.
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