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Thai activist jailed for royal slur
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December 16, 2011, Friday
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A POLITICAL activist was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for insulting Thailand's monarchy.
Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, nicknamed "Da Torpedo" for her aggressive speaking style, has been detained without bail since July 2008 after speaking at a rally where she used impolite language and was recorded by police.
The Criminal Court found Daranee guilty of violating the lese majeste law, which mandates a jail term of three to 15 years for anyone who "defames, insults, or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent, or the Regent."
After her sentencing, Daranee said she would not appeal: "I have no will to keep fighting and I will neither lodge an appeal nor seek a royal pardon."
Sentiment against the lese majeste law increased after a 61-year-old grandfather last month received a 20-year sentence for four text messages sent from his phone to a government official.
The sentence given Amphon Tangnoppakul, who has cancer of the mouth, was believed to be the heaviest ever handed down under the law.
He denied sending the messages and said he didn't even know how to send texts, a position that increased public sympathy for him.
Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, nicknamed "Da Torpedo" for her aggressive speaking style, has been detained without bail since July 2008 after speaking at a rally where she used impolite language and was recorded by police.
The Criminal Court found Daranee guilty of violating the lese majeste law, which mandates a jail term of three to 15 years for anyone who "defames, insults, or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent, or the Regent."
After her sentencing, Daranee said she would not appeal: "I have no will to keep fighting and I will neither lodge an appeal nor seek a royal pardon."
Sentiment against the lese majeste law increased after a 61-year-old grandfather last month received a 20-year sentence for four text messages sent from his phone to a government official.
The sentence given Amphon Tangnoppakul, who has cancer of the mouth, was believed to be the heaviest ever handed down under the law.
He denied sending the messages and said he didn't even know how to send texts, a position that increased public sympathy for him.
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