Editor of Voice of Taksin jailed for 10 years on lese majeste charge

The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a magazine editor to ten years in jail after finding him guilty of lese majeste.

Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, editor of Voice of Taksin, was jailed for publishing articles in his March 2010 edition.

He earlier told the court that the article was written by Jakkrapob Penkair under a pen name of Jit Pollachan, a red leader who was issued arrest warrant on terrorism charge and escaped out of the country.