Thursday, December 17, 2015

Thai woman gets 9-year sentence for insulting monarchy on Facebook...

A Thai woman will spend more than nine years behind bars for defaming the monarchy of Thailand in her Facebook posts.

A Thai military court had handed down a harsher 19-year sentence, but it was cut in half after she pleaded guilty.

The charges against Chayapa Shokpornbudsri, 49, also included threatening state security.

“From her Facebook posts, she was found guilty of defaming the monarchy, threatening state security and violations of the computer crimes act,” a court official told AFP.

The hearing was held without her lawyer’s presence and the verdict was a “secret ruling,” the official told the news agency.

Chayapa’s lawyer, Khumklao Songsomboon from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, said on Wednesday that she had not been informed about the court hearing in advance. Full story...

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