Thai court acquits 80-year-old writer of defaming monarchy
(WorldNews Asia)

BANGKOK (AP) — An 80-year-old writer accused of defaming Thailand’s monarchy in 2015 because of comments he made at a public seminar about the constitution was acquitted Tuesday by the Criminal Court. The court ruled that Bundit Aneeya had not violated the lese majeste law because he had not specifically referred to royalty and had not used rude language. The punishment for violating the law is three to 15 years` imprisonment on...