Thai Man Gets 2-Year Jail Term for Selling ‘Yellow Duck’ Calendar

Small yellow rubber ducks for sale at a rally to denounce the use of the lese majeste law, under section 112 of the penal code, in Bangkok on Dec. 10, 2020. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images

A court in Thailand on March 7 sentenced a 26-year-old man to two years in jail for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that prosecutors claimed defamed the country’s monarch.

The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said Narathorn Chotmankongsin, whom TLHR identified as Ton Mai, was charged with lèse-majesté, which forbids insulting the monarch.