Under Section 291 of the Penal Code, which deals with causing death by carelessness, the influencers might be sentenced.
To up to 10 years in jail and fined up to 20,000 baht ($580) if it is shown that the victim was paid to take part in the fatal drinking challenge.
Internet fans reposted Kanthee’s previous postings, in which the influencer claimed that he took on these dangerous tasks.
To provide for his family, particularly his 80-year-old grandmother, who reared him. According to The Independent, one of his postings said,
