The Nonthaburi Provincial Court sentenced a 60-year-old man to six years imprisonment on Tuesday for spreading lese majeste leaflets at a provincial pier eight years ago.
Charnvit Jariyanukul, arrested on Nov 25, 2007 at the crowded Nonthaburi pier, said he would consider lodging an appeal.
The court said his personal opinion was deemed indecent and should not be disseminated as it stirred hatred and defamed the monarchy.
Even though the National Council for Peace and Order has abolished the 2007 constitution, it has maintained its second chapter about the non-violatable status of the monarchy, the court said.
Charnvit was re-arrested with three others in March this year on a charge of treason and terrorism for being allegedly involved in the blast in front of the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road the same month.
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Charnvit's case is the fourth lese majeste verdict to be read since October.
Ness, whose real name was withheld, from Phetchabun, was sentenced to five years imprisonment on Oct 19, but his punishment was halved as he confessed and quickly deleted his post on Facebook on learning he had posted a false Royal Household Bureau announcement.
The court also suspended his sentence for three years.
Ophas (last name withheld), 64, was sentenced to three years in jail on Oct 20. The court reduced the sentence due to his confession.
His sentence will start after he has completed the 18-month prison term he was given for his first offence -- writing lese majeste messages in a public toilet on Srinakarin Road on Oct 15 last year.
On Oct 22, the Criminal Court also read a Supreme Court verdict acquitting Noppawan (no last name available) on charges of posting lese majeste comments on the Prachatai webboard over six years ago. The court said it could find no proof connecting an IP address where the comments originated, and Noppawan's own IP address.
