Thai court jails ex-trader over royal health web rumours
- Published: 26 Dec 2012 at 02.46
- Online news: Asia
A Thai court jailed a former equity trader for four years on Tuesday for posting false Internet messages about the king's health that sent stocks plunging in 2009, an official said.
A vendor arranges portraits of Thai King Bhumibol Adulayadej at her shop in Bangkok on December 4, 2009. A Thai court jailed a former equity trader for four years on Tuesday for posting false Internet messages about the king's health that sent stocks plunging in 2009, an official said.
Katha Pajariyapong, 39, was found guilty of three counts of breaching the kingdom's controversial computer crime laws in messages posted under his username on the Sameskybooks.org Internet forum.
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