The complaint over four paintings, displayed last week at a shopping mall in northeastern Thailand, highlights how ultra-conservative Buddhist groups have been emboldened to go farther than establishment religious authorities in combating perceived threats to their faith.
The paintings were removed from the exhibition last week and the artist – a fourth-year university student whose name has been withheld for her safety – had to publicly apologise to northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province’s chief monk in front of the provincial governor.
The group wants the five prosecuted under a law against insulting religion that allows imprisonment of up to seven years. “The paintings dishonoured and offended Buddhists and harmed a national treasure,” said Buddhist Power of the Land representative Charoon Wonnakasinanone.Under Thai law, police must investigate a complaint and recommend whether there are grounds to pursue criminal charges, a process that usually takes at least seven days. — Reuters
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