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Thai man jailed for selling calendars with yellow ducks to ‘mock’ king

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Last updated: 2023/03/11 at 7:49 AM
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BANGKOK: A Thai man was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday (Mar 7) for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country’s monarch, a legal aid group said.

Bangkok’s Criminal Court ruled that the calendar for 2021 contained pictures of yellow ducks in poses resembling and ridiculing Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, diminishing his reputation, the group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said.

The defendant was charged under Thailand’s lese majeste law, which provides for three to 15 years’ imprisonment for anyone who defames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir apparent or the regent.

The legal aid group said the 26-year-old defendant, whom it identified by the nickname Ton Mai, had his sentence reduced to two years because he cooperated with the court.

The court declared that six illustrations in the calendar were made to mock the king.

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