TV anchor, 3 ex-'Yellow Shirt' leaders face one year in prison over 2008 protests

14 Sept 03:58 Key points summarised by AI

The Appeals Court upheld a one-year prison sentence, without suspension, for TV anchor Anchalee Paireerak and three former leaders of the “Yellow Shirt” protest group.
The conviction relates to their leading roles in the violent seizure of the state-run National Broadcasting Service of Thailand (NBT) on August 25-26, 2008.
Defendants were found guilty of criminal association and inciting unrest during prolonged protests against the then-government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
Despite the prison term, the court has granted bail to the four individuals, set at 200,000 baht each.

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