A man convicted of hacking the Constitutional Court website and renaming it “Kangaroo Court” has been sent to prison after his appeal petition to the Supreme Court was rejected.

A clothing vendor was arrested last Thursday (12 June) and charged with royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act over two Facebook posts, after a complaint was filed against him by members of an ultra-royalist group.

The public prosecutor has decided not to indict US academic Dr Paul Chambers on charges of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act.

Although the royal defamation law does not cover deceased kings, the Thai Appeal Court has sentenced a 24-year-old to two years in prison for a social media post deemed critical of the late King Bhumibol.

The Thai Appeal Court has sentenced a man who hacked the Constitutional Court website and renamed it “Kangaroo Court” to one year and six months in prison without suspension and fined him 87,277 baht for damages. He was later granted bail.

The company that produced the animation “2475 Dawn of Revolution” has filed a defamation lawsuit against Prachatai, its editor-in-chief, and three other people, claiming that a news article from March 2024 contained false information about the company’s relationship with the Army.

The Supreme Court has denied bail for an activist charged with royal defamation for wearing a shirt with the message “I have lost faith in the monarchy,” and sentenced him to six years in prison.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (28 August) dismissed a royal defamation charge filed against a mentally ill woman for social media posts about members of the royal family, but found her guilty of violation of the Computer Crimes Act and gave her a suspended sentence of 2 years in prison.

The Appeal Court has overturned the dismissal of a royal defamation charge against Tiwagorn Withiton, whose picture wearing a shirt printed with “I have lost faith in the monarchy” went viral in 2020, and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.

A 28-year-old man has been found guilty of royal defamation and given a suspended prison sentence over a Facebook profile picture posted in July 2021.

The Chiang Rai Provincial Court has dismissed charges against former activist Supreeya Jaikaew on the grounds that the message on the banner she was accused of placing did not constitute an offence under the royal defamation law.

Activist Katanyu Muenkhamruang has been sentenced to 2 years in prison on a sedition charge for Facebook posts calling for people to go to protests in August 2021. She was later released on bail to file for appeal.