The Supreme Court has sentenced a 30-year-old woman to six years in prison without suspension for royal defamation over Facebook posts. In this case, neither the woman nor her lawyer had been notified in advance that the Court would render the verdict.

The Narathiwat Provincial Court has issued arrest warrants for 6 officials facing trial for the Tak Bai massacre and requested that the House of Representatives release one defendant who is a Pheu Thai MP to the police after the 7 officials failed to come to court on Thursday (12 September).

Last Friday (22 August), a little over two months before the statute of limitations expire on 25 October, the Narathiwat Provincial Court accepted a lawsuit filed by the families of those killed in the Tak Bai Massacre against officials involved in the incident. 

With the statute of limitations set to expire in October 2024, families of those who killed in the Tak Bai Massacre have filed a criminal lawsuit against 9 military, police, and civil officials involved in the incident.

The Appeal Court ruled yesterday (20 October) to uphold the Narathiwat Provincial Court’s ruling to sentence a 28-year-old woman to 6 years in prison for royal defamation.

<p>A factory worker has been sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act over two of 7 Facebook posts made in late 2020 &ndash; early 2021.</p>