BANGKOK, Oct 16, 2015 (AFP) - An elderly Thai man already jailed for royal defamation was Friday sentenced to a further 18 months in prison under controversial lese majeste laws for graffiti scrawled in a Bangkok toilet last year, his lawyer said.
Ophas Chansuksei, a 68-year-old pin-badge vendor, is currently serving an 18-month prison term handed down in March over graffiti deemed critical of the monarchy as well as the junta that seized power from an elected government in May 2014.
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