<p>The Military Court has handed out a three-month jail term to an elderly teacher accused of sedition for giving a flower to an anti-junta activist.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news/144953">Matichon Online</a> reported that the Military Court of Bangkok at 11:40 am on Monday, 23 May 2016, sentenced Preecha Kaewbanpaew, a 77-year-old retired teacher, to six months’ imprisonment and fined him 8,000 baht.</p>
<p>The authorities have arrested and pressed sedition charges against a 77-year-old teacher for giving flowers to support an anti-junta activist.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1647407905533707&id=1422797047994795">Free Thai Legal Aid (FTLA)</a>, their lawyers on Monday 10 am, 26 October 2015, submitted a bail request for Preecha Kaewbanpaew, a 77-year-old retired teacher, to the Military Court of Bangkok.</p>