Thailand: Facebookers who ‘like’ anti-monarchy groups could face trial

25 Nov 2011

A Thai Government minister has warned that Facebook users who ‘like’  or ‘share’ pages which denigrate the monarchy could face prosecution. The warning from information technology minister, Anudith Nakornthap, follows the sentencing of a 61 year old man to 20 years in prison for sending text messages deemed insulting to the country’s queen. Ampon Tangnoppakul was accused of sending four text messages deemed insulting to the monarchy in May 2010. The laws against lèse-majesté (insulting a monarch) in Thailand are the most severe in the world – even repeating the details of an alleged offence is illegal.

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  1. Adrian

    November 25, 2011 at 16:02

    We should all find and “like” these groups – Snow them under to prove how stupid their law really is!!

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