The judgment was pronounced on 23 November , through a videoconferencing system from the Criminal Court to the Khlong Prem Prison where Ampon was detained , as the 2011 flood prevented his personal appearance . The court took eighteen minutes to pronounce the judgment . Since the pronouncing could not be heard clearly , the penal officers sitting by the side of Ampon subsequently asked a court officer through the monitor what the court had said . The court officer merely answered : " Uncle , you 'll be inside for twenty years . " '' The Guardian '' reported that Ampon 's twenty-year sentence was the longest yet given under section 112
2011 flood
2011 Thailand floods
Ampon Tangnoppakul