BANGKOK: Two Thais accused of defaming the monarchy in a university play pleaded guilty on Monday amid an intensifying junta crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom’s controversial lese majeste law.
Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, is shielded by some of the world’s toughest royal defamation rules under which anyone convicted of insulting the king, queen, heir or regent faces up to 15 years in prison on each count.
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