lese-majeste

• Suwicha had his sentence reduced from 20 years after he pleaded guilty to two charges of lese-majeste, Pichit said.
• Thai prosecutors will decide on April 29 whether to pursue lese-majeste charges against Jakrapob Penkhair, a former minister in a pro-Thaksin government, for allegedly insulting the king in a speech in 2007.
• Giles Ungpakorn, who was a political analyst at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, has denied the charge and claimed he would not get a fair trial because the army and Democrat-led government were using the lese-majeste law to silence dissent.
• '' This is the longest sentence in recent times for a lese-majeste-related offence, '' says David Streckfuss, an U.S. academic who has written extensively on the Thai law aimed at insulating the monarchy from criticism. —  Bangkok Pundit
• '' This is the first case of an Internet user convicted under the computer crime act related to national security or lese-majeste, '' adds Supinya Klangnarong, a media rights campaigner who head the Thai Netizens Network, a group lobbying for the rights of Internet users. —  Bangkok Pundit

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