BANGKOK: A Thai court has handed a rare suspended jail term to a man convicted for royal defamation, his lawyer said Thursday, as prosecutions under the controversial law surge in the junta-ruled nation.
It is the first suspended sentence in a lese majeste case under the military regime, according to a local legal body, in a country where the monarchy is shielded by some of the toughest royal defamation legislation in the world.
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