19/01/2024
To whom does this land belong?
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Activist Bas Monkol, aged 30, today, received 50 years imprisonment. He was indicted for Article 112 and Computer Crime over 27 Facebook posts.
He said, “I did it,” and admitted his posts were “very aggressive.” He also confessed he had no hope of mercy from the court.
I remember three years ago, dodging rubber bullets, soaking wet from water cannon, and eyes filled with tear gas. I remember the chant “This land belongs to the people.”
But where are the people who led the chant? Anon? Penguin? Roong
? Everyone Else? The answer is, not dissimilar to Bas Mongkol, they await prison time.
So, if there’s any doubt as to whom this land belongs to, the answer three years later is crystal clear, “you, the people, just pay rent here.”
Mongkol Thirakot receives record sentence under kingdom’s strict lese-majesty laws for posts on personal Facebook account
