Emojis satirising Thai royal family removed from messaging app

Images on Line app referenced royal scandals and rumours in country which has strict laws against insulting monarchy

A set of emojis satirising Thailand's royal family has been removed by the messaging app Line, in a country where discussion of the monarchy is tightly controlled by a draconian royal insult law.

Cached web pages of Line's "sticker store" seen on Thursday showed the cartoon images were available on Tuesday afternoon, but have since been deleted.