Swiss man jailed for 10 years for insulting Thai king

Swiss man jailed for 10 years for insulting Thai king

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CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- A Swiss man was jailed for 10 years Thursday for insulting Thailand's revered king by vandalizing his portraits during a drunken spree.

Oliver Jufer, 57, had pleaded guilty to five counts of lese majeste -- the crime of offending the dignity of a sovereign -- for defacing several portraits of King Bhumibol Adulyadej with spray paint in the northern city of Chiang Mai.

He had faced up to 75 years in prison, but the court sentenced him to 20 years and then halved the term because Jufer had confessed.

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10 years, I was even more shocked to learn that 75 years was the original sentence.

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