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I dagens Prachatai ges nya exempel på hur landets domstolar positivt särbehandlar gula, den här gången gäller det dom PDRC ledare som med våld hindrade folk att rösta på valdagen 2014, samt ledde PDRC protesterna i Bangkok, domstolen flyttade utan att protestera på brottslingarnas begäran fram rättegången till nästa år trots att det gällde så många allvarligt brott.
Dom åtalade anses ha brutit mot Artiklarna 113. 116, 117, 209, 210, 215, 362, 364 och 365 när dom försökte hindra att val kunde hållas 2014, ledde olaga intrång i statliga byggnader, ledde uppvigling som skapade instabilit och konfliktet, tog till användande av våld och vapen o.s.v under PDRC protesterna i Bangkok.
Som grädde på moset är en av dom åtalade Sombat Thamrongthanyawong, 64 år dessutom President för National Reform Council (NRC) som aktivt arbetar tillsammans med juntan, undrar vad han får för straff för alla dessa brott han åtalas för?
Redan tidigare har domstolarna lagt ned åtalet mot dom PDRC medlemmar som belägrade Din Daeng District Office den 2 Feb 2014 för att hindra att valsedlar som förvarades där kunde delas ut till vallokalerna, detta fick till följd att 175 vallokaler blev utan valsedlar och inte kunde öppna.
Domstolen lade ner åtalet eftersom det enligt domstolen inte gick att bevisa att PDRC demonstranterna hade använt hänglås för att blockera porten till området, vad nu det skulle ha med saken att göra, det viktiga var väl att PDRC medlemmarna hindrade att valsedlarna kunde levereras och att 175 vallokaler fick hållas stängda, sen om detta skedde med eller utan hänglås är väl rätt så ointressant.
Visst är Thailändska domstolar fantastiska, vilken annan diktatur eller bananrepublik som helst måste ju vara avundsjuka på dessa.
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Court postpones trial of key anti-election protest leaders to 2016
Submitted by editor2 on Mon, 05/10/2015 - 14:52
The Criminal Court has postponed the trial of key members of the People Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), an anti-election election protest, charged with sedition and preventing 2014 election to next year.
On Friday, 2 October 2015, the Criminal Court on Ratchada Rd., Bangkok, has postponed the preliminary hearing of the case against the four leading members of the PDRC namely Sonthiyan Chuenruthainaitham, 53, Sakonthi Patthiyakul , 38, Seri Wongmontha, 66, and Sombat Thamrongthanyawong, 64, the current president of the political reform committee of the National Reform Council (NRC).
The court postponed the hearing to 26 February 2016 after Winroj Bhumisawad, the defence lawyer of the four, requested court to postpone the hearing, saying that he has not finished collecting evidences and testimonies of his clients.
The prosecutors made no objected to the lawyer’s request and agreed with the court.
The four leading figures of the PDRC are charge with Article 116 of the Criminal Crime Code, sedition law, the 2007 Organic Act on Elections, and series of other offences under Article 113, 117, 209, 210, 215, 362, 364, 365 for preventing the general election in early 2014, trespassing into government buildings, stirring up instability and conflicts by using arms and force during the height of the PDRC protest ahead of the general election in early 2014.
At the court on Friday, three of the four were present in the courtroom while the lawyer and Sakonthi Patthiyakul, were absent.
Sombat Thamrongthanyawong, one of the four, told the court that he did not commit crimes as indicted by the prosecutors but merely gave speeches on the PDRC stages during the anti-election protest.
On 30 September 2015, Khaosod English reported that around 20 anti-establishment red shirts came to the Attorney General’s Office to demand an explanation for the delay in prosecuting 31 leaders and activists of the PDRC, which campaigned against the elected administration of Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister, from November 2013 to May 2014.
“We are here to ask, where is that rebel Suthep?” read one placard held by a Redshirt, referring to PDRC leader Suthep Thaugsuban.
Recently on 28 September 2015, the prosecutors of the Criminal Court indicted eight of the PDRC members under Articles 76 and 152 of the 2007 Organic Act on Elections and the 2007 Organic Act on the Election Commission for barricading election venues during the pre-election in early 2014.
In addition to being charged with preventing the 2014 election, the seven of the eight are also indicted for violating the 2005 Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situation, which was at the time declared by the Yingluck government, for calling on others not to cast their votes.
The eight were granted bail of 100,000 baht by the criminal court.
Earlier in July 2015, the criminal court dropped charges against PDRC demonstrators who barred the Din Daeng District Office in northern Bangkok on 2 February 2014 to prevent the distribution of ballot papers to polling stations.
The court ruled that there was no evidence that the PDRC demonstrators used padlocks to barricade the gate of the District Office as indicted.
The Criminal Court also cited an earlier ruling of the Constitutional Court that the PDRC demonstrations at the time of the general election in February were lawful.
On 2 February 2014, 175 polling stations could not open because PDRC protesters prevented the transportation of ballot papers from the Din Daeng District Office.
