<p>Phatanachai Sakawi, President of the Blind Society Association of Thailand, has gone to Thungmahamek Police Station in Bangkok to report an allegedly lèse majesté comment posted by someone older who also has a visibility impairment.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Last week, a court in Yala sentenced Nurhayati Masoh, a blind woman, to one year and six months in prison for royal defamation. The person who filed the complaint against her is Phiphatanachai Sakawi, who is also a blind and the&nbsp;president of the Blind Society Association of Thailand.&nbsp;Pipathanachai tells Prachatai that&nbsp;&nbsp;Nuruhayati's crime has damaged the reputation of blind people in Thailand.&nbsp;</p> <p></p>