Convictions

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The following are known cases that have gone to court and seen convictions for the political crime of lese majeste and related convictions under the Computer Crimes Act.

PPT acknowledges that this is a very limited listing. There are no accurate figure on how many prisoners are held in jail for lese majeste:

Akechai Hongkangwarn (convicted and sentenced to 5 years and 100,000 baht; reduced to 3 years; appealing)

Ampol Tangnopakul (convicted and jailed for 20 years; died while incarcerated)

Boonyuen Prasertying (convicted, jailed and pardoned after serving jail time)

Chiranuch Premchaiporn (convicted, suspended sentence and fine)

Darunee Charnchoensilpakul (initially convicted and jailed for 18 years; appeal was upheld, but  held in jail until a new trial in 2011; again found guilty and sentenced to 15 years)

Joe Gordon (convicted after pleading guilty but professing innocence; jailed for 5 years, reduced to 2.5 years due to the guilty plea. Now released)

Khatha Pachachirayapong (convicted and sentenced to 6 years reduced to 4; appealing)

Harry Nicolaides (convicted, jailed, pardoned and deported to Australia)

Nat Sattayapornpisut (convicted, jailed for 4.5 years, based on guilty plea; released after serving 2 years and 4 months)

Papatchanan Ching-in (convicted, sentenced to 3 years. Appealing and on bail)

Sathian Rattanawong (convicted, sentenced to 6 years and fined 100,000 baht; released 2 February 2013)

Somyos Pruksakasemsuk (convicted and sentenced to 10+1 years; 5 years on each of two lese majeste charges, with an extra year added from a previous suspended sentence for having insulted one of the leaders of the 2006 military coup; appealing)

Suchart Nakbangsai/Worawut Thanangkorn (convicted, jailed, pardoned and released after serving 1 year and 11 months)

Surachai Danwattananusorn  (Surachai Sae Dan) (convicted on several charges following a guilty plea. Sentenced to a total of 25 years, halved because of the guilty pleas)

Suriyan Kokpuey (convicted, sentenced to 6 years. Halved for guilty plea. Pardoned and released after serving 1 year and 6 months and a total of 1 year and 9 months in jail)

Suwicha Thakor (convicted, jailed and pardoned after serving jail time)

Tanthawut Taweewarodomkul (convicted and jailed for 13 years)

Uthai (family name unknown) (convicted and sentenced to 3 years, suspended for 2 years)

Wanchai Saetan (convicted in secret trials and sentenced to 15 years)

Yoswaris Chuklom/Jeng Dokchik (convicted and sentenced to 3 years, reduced to 2 years; appealing and released on bail)

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21 02 2009
Updated: Harry Nicolaides deported « Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Convicted and Jailed Cases [...]

14 04 2009
Thailand’s democratic crisis. By Tyrell Haberkorn « Kanan48

[...] attention (which contributed to his release); but many more such cases of lese-majesté being prosecuted or investigated in 2009 of which Thais themselves are the main [...]

25 04 2009
Thailand’s democratic crisis-openDemocracy « FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand

[...] attention (which contributed to his release); but many more such cases of lese-majesté being prosecuted or investigated in 2009 of which Thais themselves are the main [...]

10 05 2009
New: Frank Anderson on lèse majesté « Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Convicted and Jailed Cases [...]

24 09 2009
Updated: A country for old men? « Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Convicted and Jailed Cases [...]

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รัฐบาลเกรดเฟ้อ ตอน ๒ « Liberal Thai

[...] ๓ คน – ดูรายชื่อได้จากที่นี่ [...]

12 02 2010
Lese Majeste cases « Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Convictions [...]

3 03 2010
Arrest warrant sought for Sondhi Limthongkul « GJBKK Blog

[...] list of pending cases is available here and a recently convicted list is available here. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)BP: Sondhi L to petition for a pardon?Louca v [...]

16 03 2010
Baby elephants and lese majeste

[...] and others, are still locked up in Thailand.  And, somewhat disappointingly, the short-list format of this [...]

17 03 2010
No lèse majesté for Aussie elephants!-New Mandala « FACT – Freedom Against Censorship Thailand

[...] and others, are still locked up in Thailand.  And, somewhat disappointingly, the short-list format of this [...]

29 11 2010
Suchart Nakbangsai has been convicted | Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Prisoners in Thailand Skip to content HomeAbout usPending casesConvictionsCommentaryTake Action ← Abhisit puts on a brave face November 29, 2010 [...]

20 01 2011
Two years of PPT, part II | Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Prisoners in Thailand Skip to content HomeAbout usPending casesConvictionsCommentaryTake Action ← Send and SMS, get up to 15 years in jail? [...]

15 03 2011
Thai Webmaster gets 13 years « GJBKK Blog

[...] Taweewarodomkul  http://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/decidedcases/ put messages deemed offending to the king on the web site between March 13 and March 15 last [...]

16 03 2011
More on Tanthawut’s lese majeste conviction | Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Prisoners in Thailand Skip to content HomeAbout usPending casesConvictionsCommentaryTake Action ← The case of Philip Morris (Thailand) March 16, [...]

28 08 2011
The Bangkok Post on lese majeste | Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Prisoners in Thailand Skip to content HomeAbout usPending casesConvictionsCommentaryTake Action ← Pressure August 28, 2011 · 1:59 [...]

21 09 2011
Lighter posting | Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Prisoners in Thailand Skip to content HomeAbout usPending casesConvictionsCommentaryTake Action ← Lese majeste cases to be reviewed Baby steps and [...]

21 09 2011
Lese Majeste cases « The Librarian of Bangkok Prison

[...] at 300 since the 2006 coup. Here is a list of the 60 known cases currently detained and 13 known convictions. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailStumbleUponDiggPrintLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]

23 11 2011
20 year sentence for insult of Thai Queen puts spotlight on Lese Majeste | Asian Correspondent

[...] proposal for now) or an individual pardon. Those usually granted individual pardons in the past are usually those who plead guilty, but Ampon didn’t. However, he has cancer, is 61, and is frail so once his [...]

20 02 2012
20 02 2012
Abhisit and his political use of the monarchy « Political Prisoners of Thailand

[...] was the Democrat Party-led government of 2008-11 that used lese majeste and computer crimes laws with gay abandon, accusing, charging and jailing more people than any previous [...]

3 04 2012
British Republicans on Thailand « Political Prisoners of Thailand

[...] it links to a number of PPT’s pages on those who have been jailed under this draconian law. Like this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]

4 07 2012
Lese majeste updates « Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Convictions [...]

4 07 2012
Lese majeste updates « Political Prisoners of Thailand

[...] might be interested in several updates PPT has made to our lese majeste cases pending and convictions pages. Most of these updated were using information from a Time Up Thailand report. The updates [...]

12 10 2012
PPT quiet? « Political Prisoners in Thailand

[...] Convictions [...]

12 10 2012
PPT quiet? « Political Prisoners of Thailand

[...] we have been renovating the site’s information on pending lese majeste cases and  lese majeste convictions. At present we are about halfway through this process, and if readers look at these pages, they [...]

26 01 2013
26 01 2013
Updated: Protecting kings and courts « Political Prisoners of Thailand

[...] to post the charges against Somyos. THese have been at the page we maintain for Somyos, now under Convictions. For ease of access, we reproduce our links here: His charges may be seen in this PDF in ไทย [...]




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