BANGKOK: Nine activists who posted comments critical of Thailand’s ruling junta and a military-backed draft constitution on Facebook have been jailed, police said, the latest opponents of the government penalised for airing dissent.
The military seized power in May 2014, throwing out an old constitution, clamping down on dissent and promising an election by mid-2017.
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