"Catch me if you can." (Done)

Red Sunday leader Sombat Boonngam-anong spent two weeks in hiding from the NCPO, challenging martial law authorities to catch him. Last night they did. (Update) This morning, the social media is full of comments, for and against his arrest.

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Red Sunday leader Sombat Boonngam-anong challenged junta leaders to catch him. Last night they did and he promptly announced his capture on his Facebook page.

Update: social media users respond

Comments are pouring in to Sombat Sombat Boonngam-anong's page (https://www.facebook.com/nuling) .

Some are from supporters giving him moral support, saying he should be proud of what he has done. Don't give up, keep calm and carry on are frequent words of encouragement.

Other supporters are highly critical of the arrest. "What did he do wrong?," asks one commentator?  "He didn't kill anyone. He had every right not to answer the military summons."

To another the arrest is an example of rule by the gun, clearly showing Thailand to be a third-world country.

The majority of the comments come from pro-coup commentators however,

Many say the arrest serves him right or that the arrest was very appropriate and highly deserved. One added that she hoped Sombat would "rest comfortably in prison. Another said "it would be good if you died there." Still another reminded him he would be dealt with by a martial law (military) court.

There were also criticisms of the symbols he advocated. The three-finger salute, one commenter said, stood for rice-pledging scheme corruption, overthrow of the monarchy and burning down the city.

A technical expert criticised Sombat for failing to understand the methods he used to disguise himself on the web.

"Catch me if you can." (Done)

Red Sunday leader Sombat Boonngam-anong spent two weeks in hiding from the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), challenging martial law authorities to catch him.

Last night they did.

The accused organiser of anti-coup flashmobs in Bangkok was finally apprehended in a house in Phan Thong district of Chon Buri province.

Sombat Boonngam-anong, left, was arrested in Chon Buri province on Thursday night. Twitter photo posted by Post Today.

A source at the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) said later that Mr Sombat was detained by a joint operation involving both soldiers and police.

Before they took him away, however, he managed one last message on his Facebook page, saying simply "I've been arrested.''

Mr Sombat had defied an order from the NCPO to report to junta authorities, and went into hiding. While a fugitive, he worked online to organise and support anti-coup protests in Bangkok.

Mr Sombat was also one of the first people to organise protests against the previous coup, which ousted then-premier Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006, and became known for imaginative and non-violent tactics.

Mr Sombat was accused of helping to organise this flashmob outside the Amarin Plaza on May 25 through his social media accounts. SEKSAN ROJJANAMETAKUL

A core member of the Red Sunday Group, he challenged the NCPO on May 23 to ''catch me if you can'' after the order to report. He was supposedly behind flash-mob rallies against the coup on May 25 in front of Amarin Plaza in the Ratchaprasong area and at Asoke intersection last Sunday.

Post Today reports that authorities were able to find him by tracing the origin of messages he had sent over the Internet.

Adapted from a story from our online reporters.

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