Rescheduled for July 31st in the litigation on the lese-majeste situation against the former student head
PUBLISHED: 25 Jun 2024 at 15: 37
After the social advocate failed to appear for a decision in a lese-majeste event, the Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Parit Chiwarak.
Mr Parit, nicknamed Penguin, faces about two dozen charges related to breaches of Segment 112 of the Criminal Code. He is currently free on bail, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights ( THLR ) said.
Nopadol Prompasit, a part of a group that claims to guard the king, filed a complaint about Facebook messages that were deemed a danger to the organization for five days in July 2021 that led to the decision scheduled for Tuesday. Additionally, Mr. Parit was accused of infringing on the Computer Crime Act by publishing damaging data online.
Charges of computer crime are usually brought in addition to those of lese-majeste, which is already punishable by three to fifteen years in prison. In addition to the Part 112 case, which he was formally indicted last month, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is facing a cost of computer crime.
The prosecutor has moved the trial court’s decision from July 1 to July 31.
Since the start of the Free Youth demonstrations in July 2020, 1, 954 people have been charged with social participation and appearance, according to TLHR data from TLHR data as of May 31 of this year. At least 272 are facing lese-majeste expenses under Section 112, and 152 have been charged with sedition under Part 116.