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man using the pseudonym of Praya Pichai. The man was brought into custody and jailed for two weeks but charges could not be filed for lack of evidence.

section 112 of the penal code); input

into a computer system of data that

were an offense against national

security or terrorism according to the

criminal code [section 14(3) of the

www.youtube.com Web site. He was held in custody for three months before a lèse-majesté verdict was announced in April, resulting in a ten-year imprisonment. In June 2010 his petition for a royal pardon was answered and he was released from prison.

computer system of computer data

that is an offense against national

security or terrorism according to the

penal code [section 14(3) of the

Computer-Related Offenses Act]

devices.

112 of the penal code), input into a

and appropriated his servers and computer

uploaded royally defaming materials on the

a month later, the police raided his home office

A blogger was arrested and convicted for having

100,000 (USD 3,250).

webmaster immediately shut down the Web site,

Offenses Act

(section 8 the constitution, section

jail and later posted bail for THB

problematic URL of the link. Although the forum

14(4)] of the Computer-Related

Lèse-majesté

He eventually spent one night in

the arrest time, the police could not specify the

are accessible to the public [section

2009

clients (about 28,000 people).

hosting a link to a pornographic Web site. At

before the arrest.

Continued

surveillance for about six months

kept the convicted blogger on

high-tech crime unit and DSI)

The police (through the

and contact list of all the forum’s

station and to submit the names

summoned to appear at a police

Owner of 212 café online forum was arrested for

pornographic computer data that

The forum owner was

again.

posts a political comment online

threatened prison term if he

of continued surveillance and a

and Praya Pichai faced ten years

The Web site was shut down

Legal Measures Taken

Input into a computer system of

January

April 2008

Web site www.propaganda.forumotion.com by a

(section 8 of the constitution, and

2007

Computer-Related Offenses Act]

monarchy on the now-defunct political forum

Lèse-majesté

September

An alleged lèse-majesté comment against the

Committed

Incident

Summary of Incident

Type of Offense Allegedly

Date of

SUMMARY OF LEGAL CASES AND OFFENSES RELATED TO INTERNET CONTENT DURING THE POST-2006-COUP PERIOD

Table 5.4


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