Thai police arrested Supanmanee Choochaw on Friday after she joined an anti-coup protest at the Victory Monument and sprayed "No Coup" on the hood of the military’s Humvee on Wednesday.
Supanmanee, 42, a civil servant at Education Ministry, was charged with making public assembly of more than five people, obstructing the authorities’ duty and destroying the state’s properties.
The police said they will filed the charges at the Martial Court on Saturday.
The the coup makers has empowered the Military Court to prosecute all cases related to lese majeste and national security, of which offences took place after the coup d'etat. In the Martial Court, the defendant cannot have a lawyer representing them.
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