Coss Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 A woman was charged with royal defamation, or lese majeste, for allegedly mocking the monarchy by wearing a traditional Thai dress to a protest, her lawyer said Tuesday. Pro-democracy activists slammed the move as yet another example of sweeping interpretation of the draconian law, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in jail. The woman, identified by her attorney as Jatuporn Sae Ung, was charged after she wore a pink silk dress and appeared on a parody “fashion catwalk” organized by protesters. “It’s an interpretation and not the reality,” lawyer Yaowalak Anuphan said. “The lese majeste law has become politicized,” Jatuporn was one of the demonstrators who participated in the satirical fashion show held on Silom Road in late October. more at link https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2020/12/15/woman-who-dressed-like-a-royal-charged-with-lese-majeste/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 I might be on thin ice with this photo of Peter Andre... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5547055/Peter-Andre-transforms-tattooed-heroin-addict-movie.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 He's from New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 UNHCR ‘shocked’ at lese majeste charges against child, urges change to law https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399832?utm_source=bottom_relate&utm_medium=internal_referral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 Hi, There is no place for lese-majeste laws in the 21st century. And it is bloody obvious that they are used purely for political reasons here. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 And yet, who needs to mock the royals? when you have this :: Princess Ubolratana dressed up as a female Santa Claus – or “Santy” as Thais call it – to wish the people of Thailand a Merry Christmas. and a video https://www.khaosodenglish.com/culture/net/2020/12/26/princess-ubolratana-dressed-as-santa-wishes-thais-a-happy-holiday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thai court gives record 43-year sentence for insulting king A court in Thailand has sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country's strict law on insulting or defaming the monarchy, lawyers say. 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. The court initially announced her sentence as 87 years, but reduced it by half because she pleaded guilty to the offences, the group said... https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300209524/thai-court-gives-record-43year-sentence-for-insulting-king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted January 20, 2021 Report Share Posted January 20, 2021 Hi, Disgusting Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul101 Posted January 20, 2021 Report Share Posted January 20, 2021 Yes absolutely sickening that something like this still goes on here, it's the 21st century not the 19th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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