Thailand presses Laos over royal insult suspects


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  • Thursday, 26 Jan 2017

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's top security officer will go to neighbouring Laos to push for the extradition of critics of the Thai monarchy, Thailand's defence minister said on Thursday.

Insulting the monarchy carries a jail term of up to 15 years for each offence in Thailand and prosecutions have risen since the death last October of the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

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