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BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a former civil servant to a...

Anchan, in her 60s, had hoped for leniency and said she did not realise audio she shared was inappropriate

A 65-year-old Thai woman has been handed a ‘shocking’ 43-year jail term, a sentence which Amnesty International claims is the longest ever handed out in the southeast Asian country for criticising the monarchy. Former civil servant, Anchan Preelert, was sentenced to 87 years in jail but her sentence was reduced to half after she pleaded guilty to 29 separate violations. Her total sentence was 43 years and six months. She was convicted for...

A Thai ex-civil servant has been jailed for a record-breaking 43 years and 6 months for sharing audio clips on social media said to defame the country's monarchy.

Thailand: A Woman in Her Sixties Handed a 43-Year Sentence! Published January 19th, 2021 - 11:10 GMT A woman protesting against section 112 of Thailand's penal code, which deals with lese majeste at Victory Monument in Bangkok on January 16 Jack TAYLOR AFP/File Highlights She admitted to 23 counts of violating the lese majeste law by sharing audio A former civil servant has been given a record prison sentence of 43 years after admitting to having defamed the monarchy in Thailand. On Tuesday, at the Bangkok Criminal Court, the woman, named Anchan, was sentenced for 29 counts of violating...