Marijuana user arrested for online lèse majesté

A teenager from Thailand's northeast has been arrested for posting a lèse majesté message on Facebook. He says he was high on marijuana when he posted the message
 
On 19 October 2016, police officers arrested an 18-year-old male, whose name was withheld by the original source, in his room in Sa Kaeo Police  Province after receiving a report that the teenager had posted a lèse majesté message on Facebook, reported Bangkokbiz News.
 
The teenager was arrested only four hours after posting the message. The authorities also searched his room and found 26 packs of marijuana, totalling a weight of 25.44 grams. 
 
According to Bangkokbiz News, the teenager initially denied the lèse majesté allegation, saying the message was posted by someone else who had used his phone. After eight hours of interrogation, however, he pled guilty and claimed that he was high on marijuana when he posted.
 
The authorities then sent him to Sa Kaeo Police Station the next morning for further prosecution. He was accused of lèse majesté and, of course, drug offenses. 
 
 
The arrested teenager (Photo from Bangkokbiz News)

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