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<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thai authorities have released the woman protester who held “Long Live USA Day” placard on 4 July at the US Embassy after detaining her for five days.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On the US Independence Day on 4 July, Chaowanat Musikabhumi, aka “Nong,”, 52, gathered with other protesters at the Embassy to show support for the US. During the gathering, she was detained twice by plain-clothes officers, but was then released. On 6 July, about ten military and police officers later arrested her at her house in eastern Bangkok. </div>
<div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>Thai police arrested a woman protester for showing support for the US in front of the US Embassy in Bangkok on 4 July, Independence Day.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The police detained Chaowanat Musikabhumi, aka “Nong,” at the Crime Suppressiong Division without charges.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>When she was interrogated by the military and security officers at the Thai Army Club, the military officers told her that by holding a placard reading “Long Live USA Day,” she may have violated Article 112 of the Criminal Code or the lèse majesté law that the placard </div></div>