This is the second individual, jailed because of the Computer Crime Act (read here).
“A female suspect arrested under the new Computer Crime Act is seeking bail after being detained at the Central Women’s Correctional Institution for almost 20 days, said a lawyer.
The Law Council of Thailand lawyer, who asked not to be named, said he was approached by the suspect’s family to help her seek bail because her family had financial constraints.
The 37-year-old woman was reported to be the second person to have been arrested under the Computer Crime Act, which came into effect on July 18. The first suspect was a male webmaster widely known in the cyber community as “Phraya Phichai”.
According to the lawyer, the woman was charged under articles 14 (1) and (2) which prescribe punishment of a maximum of five years’ imprisonment or a Bt100,000 fine for posting false content on the Internet with the intent to harm others and public security. These were the same charges that Phraya Phichai, now freed on bail, had faced.
The lawyer said the woman told him that she was charged because she posted messages urging people to vote no in the referendum on the draft constitution last month.
About 20 police officers raided her house in Pathum Thani on the morning of August 24 and seized her notebook computer without producing a search warrant, said the lawyer.” (Nation)
Without knowing the detail of that post.
I think I had seen a lot of extremist pro-no comment at certain website. Why jail only one? Had Thailand come to the time of political prisoner?
And should a pro-yes comment because “so we can have election.” also constitute a false information and jail time?
any country where a dumb-ass in uniform is considered more important than a street sweeper or a farmer is in deep deep trouble.