Thai activist 'Penguin' gets two years jail over royal insult

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Thai activist 'Penguin' gets two years jail over royal insult
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BANGKOK: A prominent Thai pro-democracy activist was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for posting an insult below an upside-down picture of the king on social media, a human rights lawyers' group said.

He expected to face a further 24 royal defamation charges, according to the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights group. Some of the world's strictest lese-majeste laws protect King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family, with each offence carrying a potential 15-year sentence.

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