Chonticha Jangrew, a Pathum Thani MP-elect for the Move Forward Party who is accused of breaking the der guess law, has petitioned the Judicial Commission to start disciplinary proceedings against he, alleging that prosecutors rushed the circumstance against her.
After writing a letter on June 27 of last year that was deemed disrespectful to the king, she claimed she was accused of breaking Section 112 of the Criminal Code.
She claimed that because her attorney, who is preoccupied with several other cases, will then be free to reflect her in court, she requested that the court carry a witness hearing in March of next year.
However, she claimed that a court official called her attorney in July of last year to inform him that the hearing would be rescheduled for two new dates — one in this month and the other in August of this year— but that his attorney would not be free.
Ms. Chonticha claimed that she returned to the court on Thursday to ask for the reading to be postponed. She was denied her request, but, by Atthakarn Fucharoen, a deputy general justice of the Criminal Court who is on the case’s panel of judges.
She added that she didn’t bring her attorney to the hearing on Thursday when the jury heard the defendant’s witness.
But, Sorawit Limparangsri, a spokesman for the Judicial Commission, clarified that the Criminal Court had determined that holding the see hearing in March of the following year, as requested by Ms. Chonticha, may require an extensive and drawn-out process.
Due to this, Mr. Sorawit said that it had been rescheduled for Thursday and monday.
It was discovered that Ms. Chonticha had two doctors appointed to represent her, despite the defendant’s claim that her attorney was not available on those times and her request for the reading to get postponed.
He explained that even if one of her attorneys isn’t free, the other can also reflect her in court.