A Thai man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a Facebook comment about the monarchy, with the ruling issued by Bangkok's Criminal Court on Friday, under Thailand's strict royal defamation law. The 43-year-old man was convicted over a post made in the private 'Royalist Marketplace' Facebook group, according to the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).
The case is the latest involving Thailand's royal defamation law, formally known as the lese-majeste law, which protects the royal family from criticism and carries penalties of up to 15 years in prison for each offence.
