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A Moroccan activist has threatened to set himself on fire and become “the second Bouazizi” after he was sentenced to four years in jail for “offending the king.” On Monday, the court of El Hoceima in north Morocco sentenced Rabie Al Ablaq, a Hirak Rif activist, to four years in jail and a fine of 20,000 MAD ($US 2,000) on charges of offending the King of Morocco. Soon after the court’s ruling, the thirty-five-year-old activist appeared live on his account on Facebook, sharing his location and threatening to become “the new Bouazizi” if arrested and his sentence is carried out. “I am here in my…