Protest leaders refused bail for fifth time
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Court unmoved by lecturers appeals
published : 13 Mar 2021 at 05:00
17 From left Panupong Mike Jadnok, Panusaya Rung Sithijirawattanakul and Jatupat Pai Dao Din Boonpattararaksa receive flowers from supporters at the Office of the Attorney General on Monday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Four key anti-government protest leaders were reported to have been denied bail yet again on Friday.
The Criminal Court rejected bail requests submitted by Parit Penguin Chiwarak, Panusaya Rung Sithijirawattanakul, Jatupat Pai Dao Din Boonpattararaksa and Piyarat Toto Chongthep, a source said.
If verified, this would be the fifth time the quartet have been refused bail.
Jailed protest leaders transferred to Thon Buri prison
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No visitors, held in quarantine
published : 9 Mar 2021 at 16:42
39 Panupong ‘Mike’ Jadnok, Panusaya ‘Rung’ Sithijirawattanakul and Jatupat ‘Pai Dao Din’ Boonpattararaksa receive flowers from supporters at the Office of the Attorney General on Monday, before they were transferred to Thon Buri Remand Prison. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Three anti-government leaders have been moved from Bangkok Remand Prison to Thon Buri Remand Prison, where they are being held in quarantine.
Corrections Department chief Ayut Sinthoppan said on Tuesday that Panupong “Mike’’ Jadnok, Jatupat “Pai Dao Din’’ Boonpattararaksa and Piyarat “Toto’’ Chongthep were transferred to Thon Buri on Monday to ease overcrowding at Bangkok Remand Prison.
Monday, 08 Mar 2021 05:20 PM MYT
Anti-government protesters leaders Panusaya ‘Rung’ Sithijirawattanakul, Panupong ‘Mike’ Jadnok, and Jatupat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa arrive to report themselves over royal insult charges, at the Criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand March 8, 2021.
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BANGKOK, March 8 Three prominent Thai pro-democracy figures were denied bail in a Bangkok court today after being charged with insulting the monarchy, as the government escalates a legal row with a youth-led movement that emerged last year.
The three activists Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, Panupong “Mike” Jadnok and Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa were charged with violating royal defamation laws over a rally in central Bangkok in September, Prayut Pecharakun, a spokesman for the Attorney General said.
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Thai pro-democracy protesters scaled a massive Bangkok monument yesterday, draping it in a crimson cloth and calling for the kingdom to abolish its draconian royal defamation laws. Momentum for the youth-led movement calling for an overhaul to Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha s government has slowed in recent months, due to a fresh wave of coronavirus infections in Thailand.
But the recent detention of four prominent leaders has spurred protesters into action, bringing hundreds back to the Democracy Monument intersection in Bangkok s historic quarter under the close watch of scores of riot police. The leaders were charged under the lese majeste law, which carries penalties of up to 15 years per charge if found guilty of insulting the monarchy. I want to stress the purpose of today s rally is to call for 112 to be abolished, said Panupong Mike Jadnok, referring to the law by its penal code section.