<p>Chiang Rai Military Court has scheduled the first examination of witnesses in a case against an ophthalmologist indicted for defaming then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn in June. </p>
<p>On 11 April 2017, the Military Court of northern Chiang Rai Province <a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=3981">held a preliminary hearing</a> for Sarawut (surname withheld due to privacy reasons), 33, an ophthalmologist accused of offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>
<p>An ophthalmologist from northern Thailand indicted for defaming then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn last year has vowed to fight the case to prove his innocence.</p>
<p>On 7 February 2017, the Military Court in the northern province of Chiang Rai held a deposition hearing for Sarawut (surname withheld due to privacy reasons), 32, an ophthalmologist accused of offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>
<div>An optometrist in northern Thailand has been indicted for defaming then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn last year. </div>
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<div>On 29 December 2016, Sarawut (surname withheld due to privacy reasons), aged 32, was indicted in a military court in Chiang Rai Province for violating Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law, and the Computer Crimes Act, which outlaws the importation of illegal
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<p>A military court in northern Thailand has released a man after he spent more than a month in detention accused of defaming the Thai Crown Prince.</p>
<p>On 17 November 2016, the Military Court of northern Chiang Rai Province granted bail to Sarawut (surname withheld due to privacy concerns), a 32-year-old optometrist, <a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=2800">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Chiang Rai Military Court has for the third time denied bail to a man accused of lèse majesté for posting images of the Thai Crown Prince.</p>
<p dir="ltr">On 3 November 2016, the Military Court of the northern province of Chiang Rai granted police permission to continue to detain Sarawut (surname withheld due to privacy concerns), a 32-year-old optometrist, the <a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=2672">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported</a>.</p>
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<div>For a second time, a military court in northern Thailand has denied bail for a lèse-majesté suspect accused of posting defamatory images of the Crown Prince online. </div>
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<div>On 26 October 2016, the Chiang Rai Military Court denied bail for Sarawut (surname withheld due to privacy reasons), a 32-year-old lèse-majesté suspect, <a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=2582">reported</a>
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<p dir="ltr">A military court in northern Thailand has detained a man accused of defaming the Thai Crown Prince.</p>
<p>On 11 October 2016, the Military Court of the northern province of Chiang Rai granted police permission to detain Sarawut (surname withheld due to privacy concerns), a 32-year-old optometrist.</p>