A 65-YEAR-OLD Thai woman, now living in New Zealand, has been given a suspended jail sentence by a Thai Criminal court after being found guilty of breaching Thailand's laws protecting the monarchy.
Thitinant Kaewchantranont, was arrested on July 14, 2012 as she prepared to board a flight to Auckland and charged under Thailand's "lese majeste" laws for damage to an image of the Thai monarch, 86-year-old Bhumipol Adulyadej at a protest outside the constitutional court.
Thitinant is a member of the United Democratic Front Against Dictatorship (UDD) known as the Red Shirts, supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the governing Pheu Thai party.
At the time of the incident the court's judges were ruling on whether the government then led by Thaksin's younger sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, had the right to amend the constitution.
Thailand has in place tough legislation designed to protect the royal family with jail sentences of up to 15 years for defamation or criticism of the family members.
But rights groups have called the laws harsh and pressed for reform.
The Criminal Court was told Thitinant had damaged an image of the king during the protest.
The judges on Wednesday initially handed down a one-year jail term but suspended the sentence for three years after Thitinant confessed and medical evidence indicated she suffered from mental illness.
After her arrest Thitinant had been detained at a psychiatric institute in Bangkok.
Cases of lese majeste have increased sharply in recent years amid Thailand's deep political tensions.
In 2008 Harry Nicolaides, from Melbourne, was charged for an offending passage in a privately published book, that sold fewer than 50 copies, but with the key passage regularly highlighted on the internet.
He was initially sentenced to three years' jail but later granted a royal pardon and released after a month's imprisonment and deported.
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