18 Jan. 64 – At the Criminal Court, Ratchadapisek Rd., The court reads the verdict on Black Case No. 3032/2562 in which the Public Prosecutor 3 is the plaintiff suing Mr. Sirapop Korn Aroot or the name “Rung Sila”, the writer of the Red Shirt Alliance. The defendant is guilty of defaming the King. According to Section 112 of the Criminal Code and the 2007 Computer Crime Act, Section 14 (3)
The plaintiff’s indictment stated the case on November 7, 2009, Mr. Sirapop wrote and posted the poem on the web board of the “Prachatai” website under the pseudonym “Rung Sila” to understand that some of the words in the poem Referring to Rama IX, On December 15, 2013, Mr. Sirapop posted a message and caricature on Facebook account “Sira Rungsira”, a man wearing Jada glasses. And spoke of angels And on January 22, 2014, Mr. Siraphop posted a message and a caricature on his blog titled “The root of the root cause” the undying Bowon Dech rebels of the slaves who did not go away. ”
In this case, the defendant’s refusal to defend the original case was tried in the military court by order of the head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) that had made the civilian security case tried in the military court. Before it is canceled later Transfer civilian cases to the criminal court as usual Previously, Mr. Sirapop had been in custody, this case had not been bailed for 4 years and 11 months and received bail in June 2019.For today, Mr. Sirapop came to court to hear the verdict by Has a team of attorneys representing the embassy And the followers encouraged to come and listen to the verdict
The court examined the evidence and then judged that the defendant was guilty of the Criminal Code, Section 112 and the Comptroller General, Section 14 (3), it was a single offense and several chapters. To punish the heaviest of defamation of the King Which is the heaviest chapter Including all counts, 6 years imprisonment, but the defendant gave the benefit to reduce the punishment of 1 in 4 to 4 years and 6 months in prison.
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