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Guy 'insulted' the monarchy
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3154819/activist-sentenced-to-46-years-over-facebook-posts
The Supreme Court has sentenced activist Mongkol "Busbas" Thirakhot to 46 years in prison for lèse-majesté over posts he made on social media.
The Human Rights Lawyers Centre reported that the Chiang Rai Provincial Court on Thursday read the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Mongkol, a 32-year-old former online clothes seller and activist.
The court sentenced him to 46 years in prison without suspension, on charges under Section 112 of the Criminal Code and the Computer Crime Act, stemming from 27 Facebook posts made in March to April 2021.
msongs
(73,084 posts)luv2fly
(2,597 posts)Don't talk shit about the king or queen or any of them and life is good. Say the wrong thing to the wrong person and you risk imprisonment. And don't name your dog "King"... big no-no.
Greg_In_SF
(888 posts)with regards to the royal family.
If you drop paper currency on the ground and put your foot on it to keep it from blowing away in the wind, you have put your foot on the King's face and you're going to jail.
ZERO tolerance.
Thai people know this.
This guy is an idiot.