The 2021 calendar featured a series of rubber ducks in poses that resembled Thailand’s king. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGKOK - A court in Thailand has jailed a man for two years for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow rubber ducks that prosecutors said defamed the royal family.
Narathorn Chotmankongsin, 26, was initially given a three-year jail term on Tuesday for selling the calendars on the popular pro-democracy Facebook page Ratsadon, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights . Rubber-fowl-themed paraphernalia quickly came to dominate street marches, featuring on everything from hats to hair clips.
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