Two Thai journalists have been arrested for their story about an activist spray painting an anarchist symbol and a symbol critical of ‘lese majeste’ laws on a Bangkok temple wall almost a year ago, the police and their lawyers said on Tuesday. Nattaphol Meksobhon, a reporter from an independent online news outlet Prachatai, and freelance news photographer Nattaphon Phanphongsanon were charged with being accomplices to damaging a historical site and public vandalism. The allegations stem from their news coverage last March of an activist spray painting an anarchist symbol and the number 112 with a strike through it on the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok. The number 112 is a reference to the ‘lese majeste’ law that protects the palace from criticism. The graffiti incident was captured on video and widely reported by the media. The journalists claim they were covering the news without prior knowledge of the activist’s plan. Their arrests have raised concerns about press freedom and coverage of sensitive issues in Thailand.