A Swiss man is facing up to 75 years in a Thai jail for defacing images of King Bhumibol Adulyadej with black paint on the revered monarch's birthday. Police are charging the 57-year-old Oliver Rudolf Jufer with five counts of lese majeste, each of which carry jail terms of between three and 15 years. Jufer is due to go on trial in Chiang Mai next month Only one Thai newspaper reported the episode after police asked local journalists not to write about it to minimize the disrespect to King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch.
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