Appeals Court upholds 11-year term for magazine editor
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Sukanya, the wife of lese majeste convict Somyos Prueksakasemsuk, said her husband had no choice but to stay in prison for another eight years, though she said she would discuss the matter with him today.
She was reacting to the decision of the Appeals Court to uphold the 11-year prison term given to Somyos by the Court of First Instance.
The key red-shirt member and former editor of Voice of Taksin magazine was found guilty of lese majeste after he published two articles written by a contributor in 2010.
After the verdict was read out, the 53-year-old said he would take his appeal to the Supreme Court.
Somyos has always insisted that the articles were written by former PM’s Office minister Jakrapob Penkair, who is in a self-imposed exile due to his anti-coup stance.
Sukanya, meanwhile, said she was surprised that she and her husband’s lawyer had not been told that the verdict would be handed down today, adding that Somyos had been ushered in and out of court quickly by soldiers. Somyos has already served three and a half years of his sentence.
