Ailing ex-Red Shirt leader jailed over 2010 protests
THE Supreme Court today (Jan. 20) upheld a five-year, four-month sentence against a key member of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly called Red Shirts, Mr. Yoswarit Chuglom, aka Jeng Dokjik, even though he is undergoing treatment for a stroke, and life imprisonment sentence against another prominent Red Shirt member Mr. Suksek […]
Read MoreTwo Cambodian journalists jailed for treason
TWO Cambodian journalists working for an online media outlet have been jailed on charges of treason for taking and sharing a group photo with PMN-2 landmines included, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Sep. 9). A post on the Army Military Force Facebook page said that yesterday Mr. Porn Sopheap and Mr. Pheap Pheara, attached […]
Read MoreRock star Sek Loso jailed for threatening police, taking drugs
THE Supreme Court today (May 20) sentenced rock star Seksan Sukphimai, whose stage name is Sek Loso, to two years, 12 months and 20 days in jail for threatening police with a pistol and drug abuse and was immediately taken to Min Buri special prison, Amarin TV said. He had been arrested on December […]
Read MoreSix-year jail sentence upheld for bribe-seeking ex-Pheu Thai MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (July 9) upheld an earlier court verdict to sentence former Pheu Thai MP Anurak Tangpanithanon to six years in prison due to a five-million-baht payoff which he had unsuccessfully solicited from a senior government official. Supreme Court judges finally ruled the former Pheu Thai MP of […]
Read MoreJailed politician puts up big New Year greeting billboard
BOTH cheers and criticism emerged in Nakhon Si Thammarat after jailed politician Mr. Thepthai Senpong put up a large New Year greeting billboard depicting himself behind bars outside his home, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Dec. 7). Thepthai’s brother, Mr. Pongsin Senpong, also posted a picture of the New Year greeting signboard on his […]
Read More‘KhonthaiUK” trio get 1 year jail for defaming Prayut, Prawit
THREE defendants who shared information found to have defamed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan about the planned purchase of a satellite worth 91.2 billion baht with this material posted on KhonthaiUK Facebook page were sentenced to one year imprisonment, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Oct. 12). Found guilty […]
Read MoreConstitutional Court hacker gets one year and six months in jail
THE HACKER who broke into the Constitutional Court website and changed the name to kangaroo court was jailed for one year and six months and fined 87,227 baht today (August 18), Naewna newspaper said. The Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek said in its verdict that the defendant, Mr. Wachira Suphathien, 34, had pleaded guilty on the […]
Read MoreVietnam jails citizen journalists for ‘abusing democratic rights’
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Hanoi – A Vietnamese court has jailed five citizen journalists for “abusing democratic rights”, drawing sharp US criticism of the communist government’s crackdown on freedom of speech. Vietnam’s hardline administration often moves swiftly to stifle dissent, jailing activists, journalists and any critic with large audiences on Facebook, which […]
Read MoreNo bail yet for protest leader Suthep, seven others
FORMER protest leader and deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban and seven other defendants who were yesterday sentenced to imprisonment for mounting street protests that toppled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in 2014 have not yet been bailed out, TV Channel 7 reported this evening (Feb. 25). Mr. Sawat Charoenphol, a lawyer who represents Suthep, the […]
Read MoreChuan: Five MPs given jail terms are all out
PARLIAMENT President Chuan Leepai said today (Feb. 25) that five MPs, among them three ministers, who were sentenced to imprisonment without bail have to immediately vacate their positions, Thai Rath newspaper said. The five of them are Mr. Buddhipongse Punnakanta, former digital economy and society minister, Mr. Nataphol Teepsuwan, former education minister, both MPs of […]
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