Lese majeste in Thailand
■ I t.X'.Z Pres* Assn—Opttrtahu BANGKOK, Feb. 26. ( A Thai university student has been sentenced to two years in prison, a criminal i court having found him guilty of le'-e majeste — • violating the King's dignity Prasert Loitakul aged 22 > was sentenced by the court iin Chang Mai 360 miles f north of Bangkok lot writ > ing words on a wall there, i attacking the King and the Queen, while they were vis- ■ Hing the town on f ebruarv * 5.
Lese majeste survives in Thailand, a centurv alter most of the worldmonarchs lost their divine right The maximum penally on conviction is seven years in prison.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34089, 28 February 1976, Page 15
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