BANGKOK: A court has ruled out negligence in the treatment of a grandfather who died in jail of cancer while serving a controversial sentence for defaming the monarchy.
Ampon “Akong” Tangnoppakul, considered a “prisoner of conscience” by rights groups, was convicted for sending text messages deemed insulting to the royal family in December 2011 and died in May the following year.
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