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Legal Claims: Lèse-majesté, Others
Nutchanon, a member of United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration group, was accused under Lèse-majesté or Criminal Code Section 112 and Printing Act Section 8. Due to, on 19th September 2020, Nutchanon was traveling in a truck with the books name 'Sky shaking phenomenon, Monarchy Reformation demands on 10th August' or“ปรากฏการณ์สะท้านฟ้า 10 สิงหา ... -
Legal Claims: Sedition
Ponlawat was arrested on 27 March 2015 for disseminating leaflets against the military government in four public places in Rayong Province. He was charged under sedition law and defying official's order under Criminal Code Section 116 and 368 and violating Sanitation Act. This case was tried under Military Court in Chonburi Province, the witness examination went slowly due to the ... -
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On 14 May 2019, article titled "Danger of Overwhelming Legalism (once again): the case of media shareholding of lower house candidates" was published on Bangkok Business Newspaper. the article was written by Sarinee, an independence writer. Later, on 25 August 2019 Sarinee received summon from the Supreme Court. The summon ordered Sarinee to testify before ... -
Legal Claims: Lèse-majesté
"Piphob" sold copies of the book name "The Devil's Discus" during the yellow shirt's rally on 2 May 2006. He was charged with Article 112 for selling the books that allegedly contained the lese majeste content. "Piphob" denied all charges given that he took books to sell without knowing the content inside. The first court believed that he did not ... -
Legal Claims: Defamation
Andy Hall is a researcher and a human right defender, his study focus on the violation of human rights against migrant workers. He was sued after published a research on the violation of human rights against migrant workers in the international private label products in Thailand This case started in 2013, the court accepted the case in 2015 and the witness examination ... -
Legal Claims: Lèse-majesté
Somyot, an editor of Voice of Taksin magazine, was accused for publicizing 2 articles narrating two Thai political incidents. DSI filed the case against Somyot for being an editor and willingly publicizing this magazine that deemed a violation of Section 112 of Penal Code On April 30, 2011 Somyot was arrested and have been held in custody since then even though he requested ... -
Legal Claims: Defamation
BBC publicized report “The Phuket property nightmare” in form of magazine, specifying Jonathan Head as an author. The mentioned report narrated the life of Ian Marshall Rance, the first defendant, claimed that he was allegedly scammed out of all of his investment fund and properties in Phuket by his ex-wife. In this process his ex-wife forged his signature and notarized by local ... -
Legal Claims: Defamation
The Royal Thai Armed Force filed a criminal complaint against Pornpen Khongkachonkiet and the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) as a result of the foundation’s opened letter demanding an investigation on an alleged physical assault of detainees. The accused were accused of defaming the 41st Infantry Regiment of Yala province, located at the deepsouth of Thailand. However, the public ... -
Legal Claims: Lèse-majesté
In September 22, 2003, Bandit A. gave comments and distributed leaflets about his idea in an academic seminar. The Court ruled that his comments and content in the leaflets deemed lese majeste and sentence him to four years in prison. However, because Bandit suffered from schizophrenia, the court suspended the jail term. -
Legal Claims: Offence against security, Lèse-majesté, Offence against public order and good morals
The Royal Thai Police ordered to prohibit the ordering and the importing of a book "A Kingdom in Crisis" under the Printing Act. The police stated that content of the book was considered to be the defamation against the monarchy. Moreover, content of the book might also effect to national security, peace, and public moral.