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<div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A military court in Northern Chiang Rai Province on Thursday sentenced an anti-coup protester to three months in jail and fine of 5,000 baht, with the jail term suspended for one year. </div></div>
<div>A Thai court on Thursday morning sentenced an anti-coup protester to two months in jail and a fine of 6,000 baht, but since the defendant pleaded guilty, the jail term was suspended.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Weerayuth Kongkanatan, 49, was arrested on 23 May 2014, a day after the coup, while he was protesting against the coup d’état at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), near Siam Square.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>“On the night of 23 May, the defendant and 500 accomplices, who are still at large, held an assembly to oppose the coup. </div>