Thai court gives record 43-year sentence for insulting king

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.

Violating Thailand's lese majeste law -- known widely as Article 112 -- is punishable by three to 15 years' imprisonment per count. The law is controversial not only because it has been used to punish things as simple as liking a post on Facebook but also because anyone -- not just royals or authorities -- can lodge a complaint that can tie the person accused up in legal proceedings for years.

Authorities at first let much of the commentary and criticism go without charge, but since November has arrested about 50 people and charged them with lese majeste."It can be seen that Thai authorities are using lese majeste prosecution as their last resort measure in response to the youth-led democracy uprising that seeks to curb the king's powers and keep him within the bound of constitutional rule. Thailand's political tensions will now go from bad to worse," he said.

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights identified the woman sentenced Tuesday only by her first name Anchan and said she was in her mid-sixties. The court initially announced her sentence as 87 years, but reduced it by half because she pleaded guilty to the offences.

Oh wow... Guess Trump would have loved to had that law !!!!

The king is a cockroach 🪳

What a joke

Absolute fascism.

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