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Thai military court sentences man to 1 1/2 years for anti-monarchy graffiti

BANGKOK – A Thai military court sentenced a man to one-and-a-half years in prison on Friday for writing graffiti insulting Thailand's king, the latest in a mounting number of lese-majeste cases following a May coup.

Thailand has been under martial law since the coup. The military government has said it would pursue all royal insult cases.

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