A court in Thailand has jailed a man for two years for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow rubber ducks that prosecutors said defamed the royal family. | AFP
QUACK FOR DEMOCRACY | Antigovernment protesters in Thailand have adopted yellow inflatable ducks as their mascot, in this photo taken in Bangkok on Nov. 27, 2020.
BANGKOK — A court in Thailand has jailed a man for two years for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow rubber ducks that prosecutors said defamed the royal family. The 2021 calendar featured a series of rubber ducks in poses that a Bangkok court ruled resembled Thailand’s king, who is protected by some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws, which carry sentences of up to 15 years in prison.Narathorn Chotmankongsin, 26, was initially given a three-year prison term on Tuesday for selling the calendars on the popular pro-democracy Facebook page Ratsadon, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights .
“But the sentence was commuted to two years without parole after the defendant gave testimony that was beneficial to the consideration,” TLHR, a legal group that acts in many lese majeste cases, said in a statement.
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