BANGKOK: A Thai opposition politician is facing up to five years in jail after he was charged for criticising a senior general for making “sexist” remarks about ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra.
Watana Muangsook, a prominent figure in the Pheu Thai party that was toppled by the 2014 army takeover, is being prosecuted under the country’s computer crimes law, which bans spreading false information digitally.
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