Latest lèse majesté defendant denied bail
A man accused of lèse majesté by his own brother has been denied bail by the court for the second time since he was detained pending trial last month.
On 24 Oct, the Criminal Court dismissed a bail request by Yutthaphum (family name withheld), whose lawyer had applied for bail with a guarantee of 500,000 baht in cash.
The court insisted on its previous decision not to grant him bail, citing the severity of the alleged offences concerning national security and flight risk.
Yutthaphum, 35, is from Sri Sa Ket province in the northeast and works as employee. He was accused of committing lèse majesté offences in 2009 by his older brother who lodged a police complaint against him a year later.
In late August 2009, he allegedly made inappropriate remarks or curses in the presence of his brother while watching the news on television showing His Majesty the King in a wheelchair. About 5 days later, he brought a CD on which was written the lines ‘Stop offending HM the King’ and ‘Newin asks Thaksin’, and wrote inappropriate words in parenthesis after the first line. His brother brought the CD to the police as evidence.
Yutthaphum told the court in his bail request that he and his brother had had quarrels and disputes over their family business.
He turned himself in to police on 19 Nov 2010 and denied all charges. He had been free during the police investigation until he was indicted on 19 Sept this year, since when he has been detained at Bangkok Remand Prison.
The first hearing is scheduled to take place on 12 Nov at 9am at the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Rd.
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Thailand has lost its senses.
Thailand has lost its senses. Anyone can be accused of witchcraft. No one is safe. Madmen are in charge here.
Shame on those who support
Shame on those who support this barbaric law! Prachatai, stop supporting those who say Art. 112 is necessary and continue exposing Thai government lies. This story proves lese majeste law is still being secretly enforced by Yingluck and her gangster brother.
Thailand is going nowhere as
Thailand is going nowhere as long as this LM law remains on it books (in the current form).
In addition to being used as a tool to underpin the status quo, the list of ways it can been abused seems never ending: - family disputes can now be added to political, ideological and business disputes, and not forgetting those kiddies who might have had their feelings hurt because they still believe in Santa.
' ... in the current form ...
I think any form is going to be abused ... and the exertion required to change it at all is within the same order of magnitude as that required for its complete abolition ... so I'm in for complete abolition.
That'd be the Thaksinistas? Haven't had anyone up since Supinya, have we? Or are you anticipating the Great Man's revenge if and when the redshirts realize they've well and truly been hung out to dry?
This is disgusting. The law
This is disgusting. The law is designed to protect a culture of good morals? How immoral is a fellow who goes to the police to betray his own blood and brother? When such events occur, it is a sign that the moral fabric of Thai society for this group of people is rotten and decayed.
Readers are well advised to
Readers are well advised to check bonafides of claimed firms of any kind before believing what they read. There have been bogus postings on this website before, and we all know that there are people who enjoy a chuckle at our expense and at a cost to others and none to themselves.
The ethical and moral advice to anyone with a bone to pick is to pursue complaints honestly without trying to muddy the waters or muddle our minds.
Prachatai has removed those
Prachatai has removed those comments.
Good for you.
Good for you.
What did the comments say?
What did the comments say? You've got me curious now...
advertisements for
advertisements for questionable legal services
Well, did seem a bit too good
Well, did seem a bit too good to be true... I'm always sceptical of what seems to be altruism. Luckily I got a copy before Prachatai removed it - presumably after the guy sobered up.
Except for the second post of course, that looked like someone with a grievance, It lacks the braggadocio of the first post. Doubtless he got the bollocking of a lifetime from the 'sole payrolled lawyer' [sic] - aka his trouble and strife. Would love to have been a fly on that wall... all goes to show that altruism and piss-heads don't always work so good together.
More water with it perhaps? It probably pays not to plan advertising campaigns while pissed as a maggot. if you can't take your booze,don't drink.
Sammy
Well, did seem a bit too good
Well, did seem a bit too good to be true... I'm always sceptical of what seems to be altruism. Luckily I got a copy before Prachatai removed it - presumably after the guy sobered up.
Except for the second post of course, that looked like someone with a grievance, It lacks the braggadocio of the first post. Doubtless he got the bollocking of a lifetime from the 'sole payrolled lawyer' [sic] - aka his trouble and strife. Would love to have been a fly on that wall... all goes to show that altruism and piss-heads don't always work so good together.
More water with it perhaps? It probably pays not to plan advertising campaigns while pissed as a maggot. if you can't take your booze,don't drink.
Annie
Sheisters 'r' Us How come its
Sheisters 'r' Us
How come its the lawyers in Thailand who're the dregs? In UK its the pollies and used car salesmen, in Thailand its the lawyers.
Maybe Mussolini was right in that one respect. First priority - shoot all the lawyers.
Well, did seem a bit too good
Well, did seem a bit too good to be true... I'm always sceptical of what seems to be altruism. Luckily I got a copy before Prachatai removed it - presumably after the guy sobered up.
Except for the second post of course, that looked like someone with a grievance, It lacks the braggadocio of the first post. Doubtless he got the bollocking of a lifetime from the 'sole payrolled lawyer' [sic] - aka his trouble and strife. Would love to have been a fly on that wall... all goes to show that altruism and piss-heads don't always work so good together.
More water with it perhaps? It probably pays not to plan advertising campaigns while pissed as a maggot. if you can't take your booze, better not to drink.
Love
Annie
Well, did seem a bit too good
Well, did seem a bit too good to be true... I'm always sceptical of what seems to be altruism. Luckily I got a copy before Prachatai removed it - presumably after the guy sobered up.
Except for the second post of course, that looked like someone with a grievance, It lacks the braggadocio of the first post. Doubtless he got the bollocking of a lifetime from the 'sole payrolled lawyer' [sic] - aka his trouble and strife. Would love to have been a fly on that wall... all goes to show that altruism and piss-heads don't always work so good together.
More water with it perhaps? It probably pays not to plan advertising campaigns while pissed as a maggot. if you can't take your booze,don't drink.
Sammy