Swiss man gets 10 years for insulting Thai king

A SWISS man was jailed for 10 years yesterday for insulting Thailand’s revered king by vandalising his portraits during a drunken spree.

Oliver Jufer, 57, pleaded guilty to five counts of lese-majeste — the crime of insulting a sovereign — after defacing several portraits of King Bhumibol Adulyadej with spray paint in the northern city of Chiang Mai.

Judge Pitsanu Tanbuakli described his actions as a “serious crime”.