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Case name
Name of persons / Name of Media
Maitree
Case status
คำอธิบายสถานะคดี ภาษาอังกฤษ
Case dismissed by Court
Status of Accused
Dismissed
Offense / order
Article 14 (1) Computer Related Crime Act
Summary
Maitree was charged with Computer-related Crime Act after he posted a videoclip that captured the event of a meeting between military officers and Kongphakping villegers. He wrote, as the video clip's capture, that an officer slapped children and senior villager.
Background of accused
The inquiry officer from Nawhai Subdistrict, Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai Province was responsible for this case.
Legal Claims
Defamation
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Form of restriction on freedom
Charge filed
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Type of media
Social Network
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Province
Chiang Mai
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Court
Chiang Mai Provincial Court
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Black case
คำอธิบายคดีดำ ภาษาอังกฤษ
Court: ศาลจังหวัดเชียงใหม่ No: อ.1676/58 Date: 2015-05-07
On 1 January 2015, Mitree reportedly recorded a video clip of the conversation between the villagers and the military officer concerning the situation in which some villagers were slapped by a man in a military-like uniform. The clip was uploaded on his personal Facebook and soon shared widely on the internet. He was accused of violating the Computer-Related Crime Act (CCA) by importing to a computer system of false computer data.
Maitree went to report to the police after he was summoned. He was then informed the accussation and interogated as an accused.