A Swiss man has been jailed for 10 years after pleading guilty to charges of insulting the Thai king.Oliver Jufer, 57, was arrested last December after drunkenly spray-painting posters of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the northern city of Chiang Mai.
Earlier this month he pleaded guilty to five charges under Thailand's draconian lese majeste law.
Judge Phitsanu Tanbukalee said that Jufer received a reduced sentence because he had admitted his guilt.
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