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
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