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The Thai Queen

Thailand’s criminal court on Wednesday sentenced a 61-year-old man to 20 years in prison for the offence of sending text messages that were considered offensive to the Queen of Thailand. Amphon Tangnoppaku was found guilty on for counts under the computer law and the lese majesty law in Thailand, and received five years of prison for each count.
Thailand has the most severe lese majesty legislation in the world, condemning even the repeating of an offense details as illegal. Amphon is accused that in May 2010 he sent offensive messages to a personal secretary of the then prime minister of Thailand.
He denied accusations, saying he was not familiar with the text message option on the cell phone and that he did not know the personal secretary of the former PM.
The verdict was condemned by Amnesty International, which accused the government of suppressing the freedom of expression. The AI officials, while admitting that Thailand had a right to have a lese majesty law, affirmed that the way the law was being served in the country, especially in upheaval times, when it becomes a means of destroying political opponents, goes against the international obligations the country has agreed to uphold.
AI said that repression was the order of the day, and that for that matter Amphon Tangnoppaku was a prisoner. The man has mouth cancer and has been requiring regular medical attention since 2007.

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