Thai Woman Freed After King Pardons Lèse-majesté Charges

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A Thai woman has been jailed for 43 years for criticizing the royal family, the country's harshest sentence for insulting the monarchy. The former civil servant, known only as Anchan, posted an audio clip from a podcast on social media. The 63-year-old said she only shared the audio file and did not comment on its content. Thailand's lèse-majesté law, which prohibits any insult to the monarchy, is among the strictest in the world.[1]

He was initially sentenced to 87 years, but the sentence was halved after he pleaded guilty. Anchan pleaded guilty to 29 separate offenses related to sharing and uploading clips on YouTube and Facebook between 2014 and 2015, his lawyer said. Anchan was among 14 people charged with lèse-majesté shortly after the military junta seized power in 2014 and vowed to stamp out criticism of the monarchy. The group was accused of posting podcasts, popular among dissidents, that questioned the monarchy.[2] The 69-year-old woman was released from prison on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) local time. She received a mass pardon granted to commemorate King Maha Vajiralongkorn's birthday.[3] And if you have any legal issue in Indonesia territory, contact us for business inquiry, feel free in 24 hour, we will be glad to assist you. 

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References:

1. "Perempuan Thailand dipenjara 43 tahun karena unggahan podcast yang dianggap menghina keluarga kerajaan", www.bbc.com, 20 Januari 2021, Diakses pada tanggal 30 Agustus 2025, Link: https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/dunia-55727981

2. Ibid.

3. "Diampuni Raja Thailand, Wanita Ini Bebas dari Hukuman Bui 43 Tahun", www.detik.com, Novi Christiastuti, 27 Agustus 2025, Diakses pada tanggal 30 Agustus 2025, Link: https://news.detik.com/internasional/d-8081926/diampuni-raja-thailand-wanita-ini-bebas-dari-hukuman-bui-43-tahun