<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Nitirat, or Enlightened Jurists, a group of law academics from Thammasat University, Bangkok, on Sunday condemned the Election Commission (EC) for intentionally delaying the by-elections for the MPs, and pointed out how parliamentarians or citizens can remove Election Commissioners from office.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A Thai court has ordered the trial on a lèse majesté case involving a book about the mysterious death of King Rama VIII to be held in camera. &nbsp;The defendant, which only sold the book, faces maximum jail term of 15 years.</div> <div> </div>

<div><br />Somsak Jeamteerasakul, a history lecturer from Thammasat University and outspoken critic of the Thai monarchy, said unknown assailants shot at his house and car with rubber and live bullets on Wednesday noon.</div> <p></p>

<div>Thailand’s general election has ended with some trouble spots in Bangkok and the southern provinces, where anti-government protesters caused disruption. </div>

<div>Saudi Arabian lèse majesté convict Ibrahim A. was released from jail last week after receiving a royal pardon. He was sentenced to two years in jail for posting rumours about the king’s health on an investors’ webboard in August 2010. &nbsp;He is about to be apart from his Thai wife and young son because of deportation.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Nationwide advance polling on Sunday was disrupted by anti-government protesters, who managed to shut 45 polling stations out of 50 across Bangkok, as well as 42 polling stations in 12 provinces mostly in southern Thailand.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>About 400,000 people lost their right to vote because of the disruptions, according the Election Commission. </div>

<div>Thais always seem to take things seriously when it comes to social media. &nbsp;At Toptens.com's the Worst World Leaders poll, Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, recently deposed Adolf Hitler to number three on the list, with Thaksin ranked at number one and Yingluck at two.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

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<div>The Thai Criminal Court on Friday ruled that a red shirt was shot dead by army personnel during the military crackdown on red-shirt protesters in May 2010.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div>The Human Rights Lawyer Association overseeing the case of Ampon Tangnoppakul, a 61-year-old man who passed away last year while imprisoned for lèse majesté, said it is raising funds to help Ampon’s wife with the legal fees for a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections in the Administrative Court.</div> <p></p>

<div>The Royal Navy army sued two journalists from Phuketwan website after they reported navy’s involvement in trafficking the Rohingyas in Southern Thailand. </div>