<p>The Thai Army has established an ‘Army Cyber Centre’ to boost the military’s online defence capacity whose primary task is to protect the Thai monarchy. &nbsp;</p> <p>On Monday, 19 October 2015, Gen Sommai Kaotira, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, the commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, Navy, and Air Force, and Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, Chief of the Royal Thai Police, met at the Military Headquarters in Bangkok to announce the establishment of the Army Cyber Centre.</p>

<p>After the Thai National Police Chief set up a special investigation team tasked with cracking down on lèse majesté cases, a high-ranking police officer revealed that the team was formed after lèse majesté complaints filed by the military. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Supreme Court has dismissed charges against a woman accused of posting lèse majesté messages on the Prachatai web-board in 2008, citing inconclusive evidence.</p> <p>At the Criminal Court of Bangkok, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Tuesday morning, 20 October 2015, the Supreme Court dismissed charges against Noppawan T under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law, and Article 14 of the Computer Crime Act, prohibiting the importation of illegal content into a computer system.</p>

<p>The Military Court has granted bail to a man with symptoms of psychosis who is accused of lèse majesté for submitting a statement calling for the removal of government officials.</p> <p>The Bangkok Military Court on Friday, 16 October 2015, granted 100,000 baht bail (about 2,822 USD) to Prajakchai, a 41-year-old man from the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket whose surname is withheld due to privacy concerns.&nbsp; He is accused of offenses under Article 112 of the Criminal Crime Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>

<p>A military court has sentenced an anti-establishment red shirt accused of publishing a fake royal statement to five years imprisonment, reduced to 2 years and half after a guilty plea, with the jail term suspended.</p> <p>The Bangkok Military Court on Monday, 19 October 2015, sentenced Krit B. to five years in prison for offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Crime Code, the lèse majesté law, and Article 14 of the Computer Crime Act for importing illegal computer content.</p>

<p>The Thai police have established a special investigation team to intensify a crackdown on lèse majesté cases amid speculation about lèse majesté charges against a well-known fortune-teller who helped organise an event initiated by the Crown Prince. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p>After a military court in Thailand sentenced a 68-year-old musician to a second 18 months prison term for writing messages defaming the Thai monarchy on restroom walls, Thais and Indonesians have started a Facebook campaign to free him.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In a deposition hearing held behind closed doors, a military court has sent an elderly man to three years in jail for writing messages defaming the monarchy in a shopping mall restroom.</p> <p>Bangkok Military Court, on Friday morning, 16 October 2015, sentenced Opas C., a 68-year-old musician, to three years’ imprisonment for offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>

<p>An ultra-royalist group in Thailand has targeted Facebook and YouTube, claiming that the websites allowed lèse majesté content. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<div>A man jailed for selling CDs containing an allegedly lèse majesté documentary by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will be released from jail next month after the Supreme Court reduced his jail term.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Supreme Court on Friday morning affirmed the guilty verdict of the Appeal Court which found Ekkachai Hongkangwan guilty of lèse majesté for selling the CDs.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Supreme Court however disagreed with the Appeal Court on the jail term, saying that the sentence by the Appeal Court was too severe. </div>

<div><em>“Faiyen” is a pop and luk thung band well-known to red-shirts. With their lyrics sharply criticizing the elite, the band seeks to politically “enlighten” listeners. Faiyen have been harassed by the military until they have had to flee to a neighbouring country. Although their lives in exile are quite difficult and fraught with limitations, Faiyen is still continuing to write and sing songs for a revolutionary change in Thai society. One of Faiyen’s new songs is a chilling cover of The Hunger Games’ “The Hanging Tree.” Although both Faiyen and Katniss may sing this song, the place Faiyen are exiled to is no District 13.</em></div> <p></p>

<div> <div> <div>Prachatai journalist Mutita Chuachang has won the 2015 AFP prize for Asian journalists for her “powerful and persistent” reporting of cases under the lèse majesté law, AFP reported on Tuesday.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>While most of the Thai mainstream media shy away from touching the monarchy-related issues, Mutita has persistently followed and reported cases under Article 112, or the lèse majesté law, punishable with up to 15 years in jail. </div></div></div>