Court adds to Arnon’s jail time in Section 112 case
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by The Straits Times THE Ratchada Criminal Court today (Feb. 20) sentenced jailed activist lawyer Arnon Nampha and three other defendants to two years and eight months in prison without parole for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law. The other three […]
Read MoreDozen designated People’s MPs retroactively charged with lese majeste lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN DESIGNATED People’s MPs including party leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut were today (Feb.9) retroactively charged with breaching the lese majeste law by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. The anti-graft agency’s resolution unanimously adopted only a day after the general election had been held on Sunday was to take retroactive, legal action […]
Read MoreDozen designated People’s MPs retroactively charged with lese majeste lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN DESIGNATED People’s MPs including party leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut were today (Feb.9) retroactively charged with breaching the lese majeste law by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. The anti-graft agency’s resolution unanimously adopted only a day after the general election had been held on Sunday was to take retroactive, legal action […]
Read MoreActivist’s Section 112 sentence overturned, gets 3 years in jail
THE Appeals Court today (Jan. 19) overturned the lower court’s verdict acquitting a Samut Prakan activist of charges of violating the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and Section 116, a sedition law, and sentenced him to three years in jail without suspension, Naewna newspaper said. The Lawyers for Human […]
Read MoreWhat happened to Thaksin is unacceptable: Pheu Thai MP
A PHEU THAI party-list MP lamented the Supreme Court having ordered de facto party boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra to pay back taxes totalling 17.6 billion baht over the sale of his telecoms firm, Amarin TV said today (Nov. 18). The MP, Mr. Korkaew Phikunthong, said in a Facebook post that what has happened to Thaksin […]
Read MoreOAG to appeal lese majeste lawsuit against Thaksin in Appellate Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL has finally resolved to appeal a lese majeste lawsuit in the Appellate Court against de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra. Attorney-General Itthiporn Kaeothip has eventually overruled the resolution of an ad hoc committee attached to the OAG earlier made in favour of the former […]
Read MoreOAG urged to go ahead with lese majeste case against Thaksin in Appellate Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL was today (Sep.22) pressed to put forward the lese majeste lawsuit earlier filed against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra in the Appellate Court after it had been lifted by the Criminal Court last month. Members of the People’s Network for Reform in Thailand […]
Read MoreAttorney-General weighing whether to send Thaksin’s lese majeste case to Appellate Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT REMAINS TO BE seen whether Attorney-General Itthiporn Kaeothip will file a lese majeste lawsuit against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra in the Appellate Court now that the Criminal Court has lifted the case and acquitted him today (Aug.22). Though the attorney-general is being given a 30-day time […]
Read MoreThaksin acquitted of violating lese majeste law
By Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers plus Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RATCHA Criminal Court this morning (Aug. 22) dismissed charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, better known as the lese majeste law, and Computer Crimes Act of 2017 against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. The court had earlier cross-examined […]
Read MoreFinal decision by prosecutors to drop lese majeste case against American academic
THE Office of Attorney General has announced a final decision to not prosecute Dr. Paul Chambers on charges of lese majeste, also known as Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and violating the Computer Crimes Act, because he was not the one who posted a message at ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore’s website promoting […]
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