On 23 May, the public prosecutor brought Aekkachai Hongkangwan to the Criminal Court for indictment.
According to the public prosecutor, the defendant disseminated CDs containing a documentary by ABC television and WikiLeaks materials which are offensive to the King, the Queen and the Heir Apparent, and sold CDs without a license.
The police arrested Akekachai, 35, at Sanam Luang on 10 March after enticing him to sell a CD for 20 baht, and seized over 100 CDs, a CD burner and 10 copies of WikiLeaks materials. He was later released by the court on 500,000 baht bail.
The court scheduled 11 July for evidence examination.
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