Thai Man Jailed For Six Years Over Facebook Posts

A court in Thailand has sentenced a man to six years in prison for violating the country's royal defamation laws over Facebook posts deemed offensive to the king.

Bangkok Criminal Court said on Wednesday that 46-year-old Piya Julkittiphan was convicted for posting two pictures with messages in 2013 that risked making the public "disrespectful or unfaithful" to the monarchy.