Thailand jails US academic before trial on royal insult charges | News

Paul Chambers faces up to 15 years in jail in a rare case of Thailand’s strict lese-majeste law applied to a foreigner.

Paul Chambers, an American lecturer of political science at northern Thailand’s Naresuan University, has been arrested after being accused of insulting the monarchy, a crime that carries up to 15 years in prison.

The 58-year-old academic from Oklahoma, who was arrested on Tuesday and produced in court in Phitsanulok province, was denied bail before his trial on charges…