<p>A police commissioner has concluded that a young Lahu activist summarily killed was a drug dealer and has warned people who criticise the authorities over the killing that they could face defamation charges. </p>
<p>On 22 March 2017, Pol Lt Gen Poolsap Prasertsak, Region 5 Police Commissioner, <a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news/504387">announced </a>that officers will investigate comments on social media about the summary killing of Chaiyapoom Pasae, a 17-year-old Lahu activist.</p>
