Some lese majeste cases to be dropped by DSI?

In the Bangkok Post there is an interesting interview with Police Colonel Prawet Mukpramol, deputy chief of the Department of Special Investigation. The whole interview deserves consideration. We found this particularly of interest:

[Q:] It sounds as though we won’t be able to hold anyone and that the suspects will be let off the hook. Is that right?

[A:] Yes, we can say the cases pertaining to the attempted overthrow of monarchy are empty. The charges are rather unsubstantiated because there is no charge against offenders operating as a group.

For the most part, the accusers in these cases claimed to have read [about the wrongdoing] in newspapers and from the internet.

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