Expand / Collapse search
Watch TV
Menu

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper.

World

Thai activist gets prison for posting BBC story about king

Associated Press
Published | Updated

BANGKOK – A court in Thailand has sentenced a student activist to 2 1/2 years in prison on the charge of lese majeste — or insulting the monarchy — for sharing a BBC article about the country's new king on Facebook.

The lawyer for Jatupat "Pai Dao Din" Boonpattararaksa said his client was initially sentenced Tuesday to five years by the court in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen, but had his sentence halved because he pleaded guilty.

Jatupat was arrested in December for sharing a profile of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun that was posted online by the BBC's Thai-language service. It included mentions of the king's personal life, including details of three marriages that ended in divorce and other material Thai news media can publish only at their own peril.