The Thai king has pardoned a Swiss man who was given a 10-year sentence for spray-painting over images of the revered monarch.
The Swiss man, Oliver Jufer, 57, a resident of Thailand for 10 years, pleaded guilty to spray-painting portraits of King Bhumibol Adulyadej the last Dec. 5, the king's birthday. Jufer could have received up to 75 years in prison, but the judge, Phitsanu Tanbukalee, said he decided on a reduced sentence because Jufer had confessed.
Chiang Mai police said: "The king in his kindness has granted him a pardon and he has been transferred from prison and is in the process of being deported from the country."
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