Thai singer ‘Ammy’ gets 4 years for burning King’s image in 2021 protest

BANGKOK: Lawyers petition for bail as court hits singer and another activist with sentences for violating three laws, including lese majeste

Thai singer Chaiyamon Kaewwibunphan, better known as “Ammy the Bottom Blues”, was slapped with a four-year jail term over lese majeste charges for setting fire to the King’s portrait during a protest in 2021.