A Thai woman is facing 20 years in jail for comments posted online criticising the Thai king, who is revered as God in the Southeast Asian country.<br /><br /> Earlier this month, an elderly man died less than six months into a 20-year prison sentence for sending four text messages that were deemed insulting to the Thai monarchy.<br /><br />The death of Amphon Tangnoppakul, also known as "Uncle SMS", has shone a light on the country's strict lese majeste laws, legal stipulations which criminalise the violation of the royal family and which were designed to prevent criticism of them.<br /><br />Yingluck Shinawtra, the Thai prime minister, has admitted to Al Jazeera that the law is sometimes misused, while a growing portion of the public is now calling for it to be changed.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Bangkok.
