The government has sent requests to countries where suspects in alleged lese majeste offences are believed to be in hiding, asking that they be sent back to Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on Wednesday.
Gen Prawit, who is in charge of security affairs, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants all fugitive the lese majeste suspects, including Thammasat University history lecturer Somsak Jeamteerasakul, back in the country to face legal action.
He declined to reveal how many are wanted and in what countries they are believed to be living.
Gen Prawit, who is also defence minister and deputy chairman of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), said there are problems in that some of those countries do not have an extradition treaty with Thailand, and do not have a lese majeste law.
What Thailand can do is to have the Office of the Attorney General, and other offices, ask for cooperation from those countries and ask Interpol for assistance, he added.