A Thai woman posted a video clip of her, visited the house of Chatwadee Amornpat aka “Rose”, who publicly stated that she is anti-Thai monarchy. The woman was aimed at throwing eggs at Rose, but failed as Rose did not show up.
“If she comes out, I’m gonna slap her anyway, alright?” is the first sentence in the clip that the Thai woman calling herself “Kae Kanyarat” said to a man, supposedly a non-Thai, who was taking the video clip from their car.
The story of Rose made a headline of Thai media in April when her parents filed a lese majeste complaint against her to prove their innocence and to show that they disapproved their daughters’ action.
Rose, a 34-year-old hairdresser living in London, has posted more than ten video clips criticizing and defaming the Thai monarchy on her Facebook page, now banned by the social network. While some call her an democratic idol, she is subjected to hatred and bullies online and offline. Her parents were heavily bullied before they filed police complaint.
In the clip, Kae left the car to the door of a house number 18 with a dozen of eggs. She rang the doors, but no one showed up. As no one showed up, she went to a house on the right to ask if this was Rose’s house. Then a neighbor from the left got out to take picture of her. Kae then started a quarrel with this neighbor.
Post by Kae Kanyarat.
“E Rose you get out now and stop talk shit about our King and Queen,” shouted Kae before drove off. She also stop to take pictures of the house and the car of the neighbor who had a quarrel with. “The neighbor on the left was so bad. He ran to my car to attack me. But sorry, he didn't get me. He got my eggs instead of Rose,” writes Kae in Thai on her Facebook account.
“I'm a Thai person and hold a British citizen also so I just try to protect Thailand and our King and Queen,” writes Kae on her Facebook account.
Last week, the police issued an arrest warrant for Rose and planed to get extradition of her to be prosecuted in Thailand.
On June 13, UK Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent replied to Andrew Spooner, an independent UK blogger, on twitter on the issue that “In brief, extradition treaties cover only offences in both states. UK position [is] clear.”
Political cyber bullying has been a very serious issue in Thailand since the anti-establishment red-shirt protest in 2010. The practice was heavily used against people who express critical comments against the monarchy or against the lese majeste law.
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