Thailand’s authorities arrested three social media influencers on Thursday for allegedly insulting a member of the royal family in an e-commerce video commercial.
The trio, named Aniwat Prathumthin, Thidaporn Chaokuwiang, and Kittikhun Thamkittirath, were arrested over a TikTok video advertising the e-commerce platform Lazada sales campaign last month, Thai PBS World reported.
In the video, Chaokuwiang wears a traditional Thai costume and sits in a wheelchair, while Aniwat plays the role of her daughter, who accuses her of stealing clothes. The video was removed after it went viral in May.
Monarchists were outraged by the video because Chaokuwiang’s character seemed to insult Thailand’s Princess Chulabhorn, who uses a wheelchair and suffers from an autoimmune disease….