A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a 2021 post on X (formerly Twitter) about King Vajiralongkorn. He was later given a one-year suspended sentence on the grounds that he had never participated in any political protests.

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a 2021 post on X (formerly Twitter) about King Vajiralongkorn. He was later given a one-year suspended sentence on the grounds that he had never participated in any political protests.

  • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    I read the article and still couldn’t find what the defamatory post said.

    Also it says something about democratic something, does this mean their king is elected?

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      15·
      2 months ago

      Defamation of the king in Thailand can be something benign like saying you’d prefer to have an elected President.

      As for it being a democracy, they have elections, but the military will stop a party from taking power if they don’t agree with them, like what happened last time.