News Forum - Thailand’s Criminal Court makes man pay 100,000 baht bail out for satirical photo

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s Criminal Court made a man pay 100,000 baht yesterday to bail himself out of two years imprisonment on a lèse majesté charge. The charge was for pasting a sticker with a logo for his satire page GoKult onto a picture of Thailand’s King. Thai PBS reported the court’s ruling that pasting the sticker “May subject the monarchy to contempt or hatred with an intention to destroy the institution”. This news comes two days after the Bangkok South Criminal Court rejected a student’s application to study on a scholarship in Germany, as she had also been charged with lèse majesté. […]

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[HolyCowCm]

So they the who ever in the court are going to ruin Dear’s life by not letting her go study abroad on a prestigious scholarship that actually puts Thailand in a good light? I wonder if she can sue the judges? They are also defaming her character in a sense.  

[Cathat]

Oh dear.