WORLD BRIEFING / THAILAND
A Thai citizen was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of insulting the king and his family by posting edited photos of the royals on the Internet, a court said.
Suwicha Thakho, 34, a former oil worker, was detained in January and admitted altering the photos of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 81, and his family, the Bangkok Criminal Court said. It did not say in what way the photos were changed or where they appeared, although local news reports said that some appeared on YouTube.
The court found Suwicha guilty of violating the country’s lese majeste law, which prohibits insulting the king and his family, as well as the 2007 Computer Crime Act, which bars the circulation of material deemed detrimental to national security or that causes public panic.
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