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Rubber-duck calendar a 112 offence

Man jailed for two years under royal defamation law for selling satirical calendars online

Pro-democracy protesters hold up large inflatable yellow ducks, which have become a symbol of their demonstrations, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok on Nov 27, 2020. (AFP Photo)

A court has jailed a man for two years for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow rubber ducks that prosecutors said defamed the royal family.

The 2021 calendar featured a series of rubber ducks in poses that the Bangkok court ruled resembled His Majesty the King, violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese-majeste law, which can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.

Narathorn Chotmankongsin, 26, was…

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