Anon Numpa was convicted under Thailand's tough lese-majeste laws over a speech he made in Bangkok in 2020 at the height of the street demonstrations.
"If I get sentenced to prison today, it might be many years but it will be worth it." / Photo: AFP
A Thai court has jailed one of the leading figures in the kingdom's youth-led pro-democracy protest movement for four years on royal insult charges. Bangkok's Criminal Court ruled on Tuesday that Anon Numpa's speech at Democracy Monument in 2020 amounted to lese-majeste, sentencing him to four years in prison."Loss of personal freedom is a sacrifice I'm willing to make," Anon, 39, told reporters as he entered the court with his partner and their baby, ahead of the sentence.
"We've come a long way and we've seen lots of changes in the Thai political scene since the movement back in 2020," he said.Anon was one of a number of protesters who made unprecedented calls for reform to the monarchy and to the legislation which protects King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family from criticism.
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