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Published on: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 By: AP Anchan outside the Bangkok Criminal Court. BANGKOK: A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country’s strict law on insulting or defaming the monarchy, lawyers said. The Bangkok Criminal Court found the woman guilty on 29 counts of violating the country’s lese majeste law for posting audio clips to Facebook and YouTube with comments deemed critical of the monarchy, the group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said. The sentence, which comes amid an ongoi...

A court in Thailand sentenced a former civil servant to 43 years in prison yesterday for insulting the country’s royal family on Facebook and YouTube.

Advertisement As I mentioned briefly in an article yesterday, a Thai court yesterday sentenced a woman to a record 43-and-a-half years for criticizing the monarchy – the most severe sentence ever handed down under Thailand’s controversial lese-majeste law. The Bangkok Criminal Court found Anchan Preelert, a former civil servant, guilty of violating the law on 29 instances, for posting audio clips to Facebook and YouTube with comments deemed critical of the palace. This initially added up to a term of 87 years, but the sentence was halved after the defendant admitted her “guilt.” Accor...

Thai court gives record 43-year sentence for insulting king on social media The Bangkok Criminal Court found the woman guilty on 29 counts of violating the country’s lese majeste law for posting audio clips to Facebook and YouTube. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- A woman identified only by her first name Anchan, right, shake hand with a friend as she arrives at the Bangkok Criminal Court in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo | AP) By PTI BANGKOK: A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country's strict l...

Woman sentenced for posting audio clips to Facebook and YouTube with comments deemed critical of the monarchy.