In Thailand, a Broader Definition of Insulting Royalty

 In recent years, dozens of people have been convicted of insulting the king and his family. Among them are a Swiss man sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2007 for defacing posters of the king; a naturalized American citizen convicted in 2011 for translating a banned biography of the king, which asserted that he has been more involved in politics than is generally recognized in Thailand; and a Thai truck driver who received a 20-year prison term for sending explicit text messages that insulted the king and queen.

: In sentencing a former protest leader to two years in prison, a court ruled that the defendant was liable not only for what he said, but also for what he left unsaid.

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