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Despite lack of solid evidence, 61-year-old Thai man gets 20 years for lèse majesté
Chutimas Suksai
2011-11-24 10:43
 

At the Criminal Court on 23 Nov, a guilty verdict was passed on 61-year-old Ampon (last name withheld) who was sentenced to twenty years in prison for allegedly insulting and threatening the Queen of Thailand. The Court sentenced him to 5 years on each of 4 counts under the lèse majesté law.

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Four SMS messages, a disappearance, and the foreclosure of justice
Tyrell Haberkorn
2011-11-24 07:23
 

On 23 November 2011, Ampon Tangnoppakul was sentenced to 20 years, the longest known sentence to date under the Computer Crimes Act of 2007. His alleged crime? Allegedly sending four SMS messages with allegedly anti-monarchy content to the personal secretary of the former prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva. As Prachatai has reported, the sentence was delivered via videolink as flooding made it unfeasible for Ampon to be brought to the Criminal Court to hear the sentence.

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In Thailand, texting offensive messages landed you in jail for 20 years
Pipob Udomittipong
2011-11-24 06:49
 

Bangkok, 23 November 2011: At the Criminal Court, a Chinese descendant Thai, Mr. Amphon, aka “Arkong”, 61 years, was convicted to 20 years of imprisonment. His crime: texting four messages to a phone belonging to Abhisit Vejjajiva’s personal secretary.

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Alleged SMS sender gets 20 years in jail
2011-11-23 12:03
 

On 23 Nov, the Criminal Court found Amphon Tangnoppakul guilty for lèse majesté and computer crimes and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

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NY-based Internet expert speaks up for Chiranuch
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation
2011-10-12 09:45
 

Making Internet intermediaries liable for lese-majeste postings is like making restaurant owners liable for what diners say at the dining table, Internet expert Danny O'Brien said yesterday in written testimony to the Thai court trying webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn.

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Day Twelve: Free speech on trial in Thailand
Freedom Against Censorship Thailand
2011-10-12 09:43
 

Judge swamped, justice delayed

TRIAL OF CHIRANUCH PREMCHAIPORN DELAYED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 15, 16, 2012.

The third and final act in the trial of the webmaster of independent news portal Prachatai, Chiranuch Premchaiporn, was scheduled for four days this week with expert witnesses for the defence.

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ARTICLE 19 – Thailand’s lese majeste law used to “target political opponents”An
Andrew Spooner
2011-10-12 09:17
 

Last week in Geneva, Switzerland, Thailand’s freedom of expression record came under particular scrutiny during the Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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Joe Gordon pleads guilty
2011-10-11 06:00
 

On 10 Oct, Joe Gordon pleaded guilty at the Criminal Court after having been detained without bail for 139 days.

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Thailand / Freedom of expression: UN expert recommends amendment of lèse majesté laws
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
2011-10-10 17:36
 

GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, today urged the Government of Thailand to amend its laws on lèse majesté. According to Section 112 of the Thai penal code, ‘whoever defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir to the throne or the Regent shall be punished with imprisonment of three to fifteen years.’

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Court to rule on case of alleged SMS sender on 23 Nov
2011-10-03 13:08
 

On 30 Sept, during the last hearing of his case in the Criminal Court, Amphon Tangnoppakul insisted that he had never sent messages offensive to the monarchy to former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s personal secretary through his mobile phone as alleged.

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