Top Thai protest leader jailed on royal insult charges

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 26, 2023 3:42 pm

BANGKOK: A Thai court on Tuesday jailed one of the leading figures in the kingdom's youth-led pro-democracy protest movement for four years on royal insult charges.

Anon Numpa was convicted under Thailand's tough lese-majeste laws over a speech he made in Bangkok in 2020 at the height of the street demonstrations.

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