By Chutimas Suksai |
<p>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. </p>
By Pipob Udomittipong |
<p>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.</p>
<p>On 23 Nov, the Criminal Court found <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/search/node/Amphon Tangnoppakul">Amphon Tangnoppakul</a> guilty for lèse majesté and computer crimes and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.</p>
<p>On 21 Nov, Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, editor of Voice of Taksin magazine and red-shirt leader, charged with lèse majesté, was brought to Sa Kaew Provincial Court for the first hearing of prosecution witnesses.</p>
Police finish investigation of 1 of 16 deaths allegedly caused by authorities in April-May last year
<p>A police team investigating the deaths of 16 people allegedly killed by the authorities between April and May last year has finished and forwarded the case of <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/search/node/charnnarong">Charnnarong Polsrila</a> to the prosecution, and it expects to finish two more cases, including that of the Japanese reporter Hiroyuki Muramoto, by this week.</p>
<p>Bangkok Remand Prison reopened for visitors on 18 Nov, after it had been closed for two weeks due to flooding. The water at the prison was still above knee level, and wooden walkways had been built for visitors to reach buildings inside the compound from the road. Just a small number visited that day. Khlong Prem prison, situated in the same compound, had reopened for visitors three days earlier. </p>
<p>On 15 Nov, Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd, former spokesperson for the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation, testified to police investigators on the deaths of 16 people allegedly killed by military troops during the crackdown on red-shirt protesters in April and May last year. </p>
<p>Thai activists' letter to UN Secretary General concerning migrant workers during flood crisis.</p>
<p>They are in the same society and face the same disaster as everyone else but what is different for them is that they cannot move around or communicate freely. During this time of crisis, having food, shelter and clothing may come second to news from the ones they want to hear from. </p>
<p>The Army’s Public Relations Centre has sent a letter to Krungthep Thurakij newspaper, denying a news report that the army was critical of the government’s performance in solving the flood problems.</p>
<p>The Office of the Attorney General has received from the police the case of a recent graduate from Kasetsart University who was accused of lèse majesté, and set up a committee to consider it. </p>
<p>On 2 Nov, the Criminal Court dismissed a bail request for lèse majesté suspect Surachai Danwatthananusorn, citing that his alleged crimes carry severe punishment and affect the feelings of the public. </p>