In May 2011 , Royal Thai Army filed a lèse majesté complaint against Somsak Jeamteerasakul with regards to an open letter he had written and published on the Internet in response to princess Chulabhorn 's TV interview . In the open letter , Somsak criticized the princess for attending the funeral of a pro-monarchy demonstrator in 2008 but not mentioning in her interview the deaths of anti-government protesters in 2010 Thai military crackdown . Somsak denied the lèse majesté charge and argued that the article 112 of Thailand 's criminal code , dealing with lèse majesté , only applies to the king , queen , heir-apparent , and regent
2010 Thai military crackdown
2010 Thai military crackdown
Somsak Jeamteerasakul