Thailand: Court Gives Woman Four-Decade Sentence For Royal Defamation

By Nontarat Phaicharoen

A Bangkok court sentenced a Thai woman to a record 43½ years in prison Tuesday after she pleaded guilty to sharing audio clips on social media that were deemed as insulting the monarchy and violating Thailand’s harsh royal defamation law.

The sentencing stemmed from a case dating to 2014 and 2105,...