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<p>A court in northern Thailand has handed a one-year suspended jail term to a man who posted a Facebook message deemed defamatory to a queen of an ancient kingdom in northern Thailand.</p> <p>On 25 April 2017, the Provincial Court of the northern Province of Lamphun&nbsp;<a href="http://www.manager.co.th/QOL/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9600000041861">sentenced&nbsp;</a>Songpol Phoommesri, 23, to one year in prison and a fine of 5,000 baht for violating the Computer Crime Act (CCA).</p>