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SHOCKING: Thai police deny using pegasus spyware on activists | Mind Blowing Facts

Piyabutr Saengkanokkul posted on Facebook on Monday that his iPhone had been hacked eight times between Dec 3, 2020 and July 4 2021. (Screenshot from Piyabutr's Facebook account)

The Royal Thai Police (RTP) have never used spyware in any security operations to surveil people or violate their rights, Pol Col Kissana Phathanacharoen, a deputy spokesman for the national police, said on Tuesday.

He was responding to media reports that at least 30 political activists in Thailand have been hacked using the Israeli surveillance spyware Pegasus.

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