Thanakorn Siripaiboon, a 27-year-old factory worker,[5] was charged in 2015 with insulting the King through a "sarcastic" post about Thongdaeng on Facebook, under the lèse majesté law in Thailand.[6] His lawyer, Anon Numpa, informed the International New York Times that the charge "had not detailed the precise insult towards the animal".[7] The Bangkok-based printer of the International New York Times removed the story from the 14 December 2015 print edition of the paper.[7] If convicted, Siripaiboon could have faced up to a maximum of 37 years in prison.[3]