Thailand’s army yesterday detained an activist who wrote on Facebook that he would wear politically charged red clothing to mark King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s cremation this week.
A lawyer for Ekachai Hongkangwan said soldiers arrested Ekachai at his Bangkok home yesterday morning and indicated they would detain him outside the city, in Kanchanaburi province.
Ekachai commented on Facebook last week that he would wear red on Oct. 26, the day Bhumibol will be cremated during an elaborate five-day funeral, and “do what people least expect.”
Supporters of elected governments ousted by Thailand’s military in 2006 and 2014 coups are known as “Red Shirts.”
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