TAT'S AN ORDER Facebook threatened with legal action by furious Thailand after footage of heavily-tattooed King Maha Vajiralongkorn waltzing around shopping centre in crop top goes viral
Furious top brass in the South East Asian nation now want the clip taken offline by 10am tomorrow
By Danny Collins
15th May 2017, 4:08 pm
Updated: 15th May 2017, 9:04 pm
THAILAND has threatened to sue Facebook – after a footage of its heavily-tattooed king strolling around in a crop top emerged.
The bizarre clip of King Maha Vajiralongkorn waltzing around a shopping centre alongside a woman has gone viral.
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Video that it is claimed is the Thai King walking through a shopping centre in a crop top have gone viral
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Facebook has been asked to remove the video by tomorrowAnd furious top brass in the South East Asian nation now want the clip taken offline by 10am tomorrow.
Thai residents can be jailed for 15 years for insulting the country’s monarch.
Takorn Tantasith, head of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, said: “If even a single illicit page remains, we will immediately discuss what legal steps to take against Facebook Thailand.”
Internet chiefs in the country are reported by the Bangkok Post to have emailed Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg personally asking him to remove the clip.
And despite attempts to block Thais viewing the video, more than 300 versions are believed to be floating around social media.
It is not the first time the monarch has been spotted in such attire.
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Footage of Thai King Vajiralongkorn has gone viral prompting raging top brass to threaten Facebook with legal action
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The Thai monarch is pictured with wife Queen Sriradmi and son Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti
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Maha Vajiralongkorn (far left) is seen at a Munich airport with a poodle and wearing a crop topIn October he was snapped at a Munich airport wearing a rolled-up tank top, sagging jeans and fake tattoos with a poodle in tow.
King Vajiralongkorn was crowned in December at the age of 64.
He succeeded his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej who died last year at the age of 88 after spending 70 years on the throne.
Furious top brass in the South East Asian nation now want the clip taken offline by 10am tomorrow
By Danny Collins
15th May 2017, 4:08 pm
Updated: 15th May 2017, 9:04 pm
THAILAND has threatened to sue Facebook – after a footage of its heavily-tattooed king strolling around in a crop top emerged.
The bizarre clip of King Maha Vajiralongkorn waltzing around a shopping centre alongside a woman has gone viral.
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Video that it is claimed is the Thai King walking through a shopping centre in a crop top have gone viral
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Facebook has been asked to remove the video by tomorrowAnd furious top brass in the South East Asian nation now want the clip taken offline by 10am tomorrow.
Thai residents can be jailed for 15 years for insulting the country’s monarch.
Takorn Tantasith, head of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, said: “If even a single illicit page remains, we will immediately discuss what legal steps to take against Facebook Thailand.”
Internet chiefs in the country are reported by the Bangkok Post to have emailed Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg personally asking him to remove the clip.
And despite attempts to block Thais viewing the video, more than 300 versions are believed to be floating around social media.
It is not the first time the monarch has been spotted in such attire.
REUTERS
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Footage of Thai King Vajiralongkorn has gone viral prompting raging top brass to threaten Facebook with legal action
EPA
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The Thai monarch is pictured with wife Queen Sriradmi and son Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti
LESER-REPORTER / BILD
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Maha Vajiralongkorn (far left) is seen at a Munich airport with a poodle and wearing a crop topIn October he was snapped at a Munich airport wearing a rolled-up tank top, sagging jeans and fake tattoos with a poodle in tow.
King Vajiralongkorn was crowned in December at the age of 64.
He succeeded his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej who died last year at the age of 88 after spending 70 years on the throne.
