A 31-year-old former private company employee has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for throwing paint at a portrait of the King in front of a supermarket.

Three people have been found guilty of royal defamation and given a suspended prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months for allegedly setting fire to a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn in front of the Ministry of Labour during a protest in September 2021.

The Appeal Court has dismissed a royal defamation charge filed against Sirapat Deesawat, a Nonthaburi-based artist and musician charged with removing a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn from a housing estate entrance.

The Appeal Court has ruled to uphold an Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Court verdict dismissing a royal defamation charge against a mentally ill man charged for damaging portraits of the King displayed in front of Trakan Phuet Phon high school.

The Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Court has dismissed a royal defamation charge against a 33-year-old man for damaging portraits of the King displayed in front of Trakan Phuet Phon high school.

<p>On 25 December, the Criminal Court sentenced a student who threw paint at two portraits of King Vajiralongkorn to a 2,500 baht fine, 5,740 baht compensation, and 1 month in jail suspended for 1 year, says Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).</p>