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A Thai court has handed down an 18-month prison sentence to a man for royal defamation, stemming from a comment he posted in a Facebook group dedicated to monarchy discussions, according to rights organisations monitoring the case.
Thailand's Criminal Court has sentenced a 43-year-old man to 18 months imprisonment for posting a comment about the monarchy in a private Facebook group, marking the latest enforcement of the kingdom's controversial royal defamation law.