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1. Thai activist Arnon Nampa is sentenced to four years in prison for a 2021 royal insult on social media.
   2024-01-17 21:11:01 (First version)
2. Thai activist Arnon Nampa is sentenced to four years in prison for posting a royal insult on social media in 2021.
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