BANGKOK: A Thai comedian and prominent "Red Shirt" political activist lost an appeal Thursday against a two-year prison term under the kingdom's strict royal defamation law.
While he did not explicitly mention the royal family, "the court said my speech led people to understand that I was talking about the monarchy," he told AFP from the court.
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