BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court jailed a woman for five years on Wednesday for posting online comments insulting to the monarchy, the second ruling of its kind this week under tough lese-majeste laws carrying penalties activists say are too harsh.
A judge ruled Noppawan Tangudomsuk, nicknamed "Bento", posted messages in 2008 on the web board of news website Prachatai that were deemed offensive to the monarchy, a breach of Thailand's Computer Crimes Act, a controversial law passed by a legislature hand-picked by generals after a 2006 coup.
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