Rihanna strikes Instagram with controversy again, only this time people got arrested. Billboard reports that the Pop star spent a weekend enjoying a beach in Thailand, taking photos and posting them on Instagram along the way. One such photo, taken on the Island of Phuket, showed Rihanna with a primate known as the slow loris, accompanied by the caption, “Look who was talkin dirty to me!” (peep above).
Since the species she took a selfie with is endangered, police took actions and confiscated two lorises from their owners – a 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy. Both could now face charges of possession of protected animals, which can result in up to four years in prison and a 40,000 baht ($1,300) fine.
Phuket authorities were alerted to the picture (of Rihanna), and last night police arrested the two individuals who brought out the loris as a photo opportunity for tourists,” said Phuket district chief, Weera Kerdsirimongkon. “It’s like a cat-and-mouse game. But this time it’s bigger because a celebrity like Rihanna posted the picture, and there were more than 200,000 ‘likes’ from around the world.”
