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How will Economic Uncertainty and youve sent employment sway voters in key states and will the media be able to cover the vote freebie unfairly ongoing coverage. But in the selection on out as the era in thailand, tens of thousands of criminal defamation cases has been filed. In the last decade. Critics, a powerful people are using the quotes to silence those speaking i a came here in tell you this is up and upset to 150 often bank froze by the tax past these cool cases, a taking that home on those standing up to fraud abuse and environmental disruption guarantee by sac. But title, tell them how they can teach at home high till by noon upon much for the intention is not to be in the case, but is actually to wearing people dial 11 east investigate allegations that across thailand, low suits, are being used to intimidate whistle blowers and conceal corruption. The to tennessee destruction is one of thailands most famous investigative journalists and human rights defenders. This morning shes heading to a Police Station in the northeast in provence of correct defend himself and i feel upset. A few extra steps. Too, too much space is a slew of criminal defamation charges related to social media posts she made about to look for mass linking him to a serious financial scandal in thailand, its a crime to publish comments that damage a person, organizations, reputation. I face thing in jail. 18 years to us because awesome. I said the one you speak up and then you get some people upset. You can go to the policeman and then report it immediately. You have to stay in jail who is no matter who, right . Youre wrong, you do not have money to bear with us, so you have to stay in the jail. This is the 3rd time that you to must have to surrender to police over the same dispute. Shes facing 9 separate charges or from complaints filed by the same man. The man of the sub district has been long to to me, it says the charges relate to sign in. Under a clear example of strategic law suits against Public Participation or slapped cases. I dont know why i can say how many time that have to put the name on my finger, add the criminal record. I dont know that. So my moms, my family is going to handle always do things. More than 25000 criminal defamation cases have been filed since 2015 and they take a lot of time and money to defend. Even if what has been said is true. Im not a criminal. I have my own right to speak up. I have my own right to create the side of property interest project. To, to me, i was visiting the home incorrect in 2021. When she heard about a story that didnt add a huge sums of government loan money, known as Village Funds designs to lift the rural poor. I have to poverty had gone missing. So 12000000 is accounted for with these names. Yeah. And then the still so me see, 32000000 is missing. To, to analyze checks, bank slips and other evidence and began piecing the puzzle together, tracing some of the money to personal bank accounts. One of those accounts belongs to the man who says, stop, check cashier check. 1000000, and 1000000, and then not a religious 1000000 souls to 1000000. Go to this account number. Pay to on the, on the bank account. That must have a name. Did not mention it is new name. Why is let it into . So how did you look at whose account that was left of this number on my bill . My banking, i tried to cancel for pen. Not for this bank account is solely come up. Also may your name. Wow. So thats his name. Thats his name. Yeah. Sarah. Demand shes talking about is may a tunnel tune coolie kit. Dustin, uh, i was sho, i couldnt sleep for weeks. I was show you the guy who says up this Community Financial institution, the evidence appears to show that a Financial Institute, the may have funded, intended to manage and distribute loans for villages, transferred some of the money to him. Instead, hes not facing criminal charges, but does not admit to any room doing to, to the shed what shes fine with the community, posted online and gave the information to authorities. But may a ton and tone went to the police and accused of defamation. Now she and her legal team are preparing to defend those charges. Okay, to her. Oh my gosh. Of that happening . I cant afford new been done port. Well, i tried to unplug what by happened . Im thank god why we have to fighting basic right about the freedom of speech is a huge cost for, for, for type people is should be chance to to minute is speaking of the people like dont know who talk pharma from. Correct. Because life was turned upside down when the money from the institute went missing. In 2021, she received a letter from thailands government savings bank, saying she owed them an enormous debt. So my thank been her sideline. Yeah, me one the yeah, well i dont need a laptop. My qu me quantum kit. Good. I can top as well. Maybe beneath my niece of mine at the low you cannot meet the doing cool. Never forward any money from the bank. But her father was considered liable for some of the money that disappeared from the Financial Institute because hed been a Committee Member of one of the Village Funds to cope when he died on the ty load, doing pun, inherited that liability. And along with all the Committee Members, she was some co allow me, one for the same love made him compete. Light that out dont be concerned based. I had mean allow me these high supplied doing homes. Village committee is not the only one being sued. The bank is pursuing all 16 of the committees that, that the institute handle the funds. A total of 44000000. 00 bought at 1200000. 00. A village fund money was funneled through the institute. Most of it then disappeared. The villages mostly farm is day. Laborers say they have no idea of what happened to the money, but they are now being held accountable low. Maybe you will need to a t cell phone by some live carlo from ports out though, cuz it may need to be late that dont people who are telling me it also may be cool for me. Yeah, let me quote my name. Go ahead. Call me hi. Excuse me, that out here it gets really hot. Its dry. It can be tough to make a living. These loans were supposed to be a lifeline for this community. But the villages say they became and a thing, but have you all being affected by this scandal . The adult . No, i apply the say to the clear mind, well im, you have to log on when you believe how many things you give them a call that the jimmy is who i mean probably well, can you help me by any means . Right . So have of you here all have to attend colts because of this matter. Claim it out. Yeah, yes. Eventually often multiple complaints, the government began investigating the missing money and the sanction scandal gains much smaller attention kind of close to what i got that. I mean, i told him the cops need help on and how deep im one model im putting on hate. Im like no contract to see Michael Copeland on. Yeah. My time. Oh, but im on call. Good. My cock up. I get. I know the last time, you know, i dont see this on a famous prosecutor from sancho was appointed to lead a special Investigation Commission have mean high by who me con, totally me can tell me laying on so in high and then how i get guns and been denied, confident in community, you dont get time. Only men couldnt come by. Pick up, local. Investigators have traced some of the missing money, but 10000000 bond is still on the counted phone. Connect them a got took me a little more them kind of thoughts on. Wow, look, good job. A lie. Let me tell you. I think generally we couldnt come up now and help me came out and the dog called into the me put me have you know, and like i told them to walk with the little gifts, how often months of waiting. The 1st of to, to me is 5 trials. Is a bite to begin, very feeling novice. I mean there or . Well as, of course, because i feel like i, i not have power to control my fusion. Now my fuel show it in some auto people have raised my freedom. Good morning, im alley fall from alda 0 tv. I was wondering if i can ask you a couple of questions. Can you, can you explain why you bring so many charges against you to me that today despite repeated requests, may a ton and tune refuse to speak to us for this program. That in a series of settlements and a negotiation with the bank, he has now admitted liability for some of the debt to to miss trial is expected to last 3 days. But she places 6 mill charges off to this and her deal may continue to use is amazing. Is amazing. People who speed it up have to be in a chuckle in the jail in the sale is the fuel system. The residence of some of thailands most venerable and in published communities have faced the charges of criminal defamation. Today i am traveling to new province and timelines northeast to meet. So thats a number in the home. Oh, i see, and i saw yes. And so as a lawyer from bangkok to helps communities affected by development projects, you need to a much oh ok, thank you. So 1st came here in 2014 to work with villages opposing a gold mine. They say was polluting the environment and making me sick of today began protesting the Mining Company launched criminal proceedings against them. This is a factory, but this was actually why the extracting the goals theyll go, im on why that is the phone Companies Left so bad from the net. Been keeping less than that hope that phone kicked back to what the the and whats the last the smile on the factory site. Is it literally over whelming, its come from saying i as in it and also off of can you call during that prostate and then thats why we get this mountain off and they can sign on it. Yeah. So the chemicals used in processing some really strong plays in his chemicals. Thats true. Powerful chemicals used to extract gold from rock were mixed and stored here, right next to the village. And it wasnt long before the People Living here. Say they started to feel on well, if into thing the kind of yeah, its read, i nash, i am, is she the Technical Team and some help that the name of up and so by and see youve got them on this. Im the minutes for me at the office from the com and the to the move in 6 months late to Public Health officials tested declined router and found it was contaminated. So you used to be able to drink water, but no longer gardening and gulping, cutting off my post app through and hook loading chemicals had seats into the water supply and polluted that crux. So you had blood tests, it was showing that you had a cynical chemicals in your blood and the name for you and i, manganese kept me and kept me m and also as in it, in the black. So this area is whether were mixing some 40 toxic chemicals which within seeping into the ground water and the still a very powerful smelling. Yeah. So we probably shouldnt stick around too long ago the, the villages took that protest posting on social media right in complaint letters and putting up signs objects into the project. That sol says the company doubled time bounty by sec. Good. Title, sometimes they can teach at the home page help. Im good. How much cool. And that goes to the income then uh, phone cutting in and a ha, my wifes have been heavy. I like i found that piece out my phone badge a month on my phone. The minor parade to tune come, company limited, didnt just seems to criminal defamation. It also filed civil defamation cases and made criminal complaints for trespassing against the community. And some charges was filed from weather. Then it just moves up. Got pride of kids in to get that the this allison up thailand finally the miles away from here . Yes. 01000 people meant already had to travel. It refers you columbus has to face the challenge that had passed a little. Let me pull, no, has hold on me and im not going to be mentally with the time i look for them over the only time that i saw one soul food. And they say the claims for damages with disproportionate. Im terrifying. In one instance, the company demanded 50000000 bonds. Thats 1400000. 00. So you got to chat with the the families, im guess because im putting this side, asking for the 1000000 boss. 5xw50w. 50000000. 00. Because you put up a sinus thing, we dont want mine crazy. The companies to the villages journalists and even a teenage go, was featured in a news report about the mines, Environmental Impact that employee related to clack e. Its a little mos on 6 days a timeout, so please dont call me literally let me, let me pull my 2 i the villages say the number of cases was overwhelming. Those one guy made me me substituted to jacoby. Its also being intensified by proactive on breakdown and i can phone and see what line again, based on i life and 5 a lot then cool young panful. Vic bought me those who didnt buy the height cloning at noon. Thats who sort of say a lie. So is this up yet on that hes on kind of big when im to death, how may cloning at that pump for sole successfully defended all settled overcharges vote against the community . Shell support a civil case against the company, claiming that filed charges in bad faith, costing the villages time and money, and damaging their reputation, matthew, so its fine. Let me come to pass on my thing. Ill be past sign a book you in may typed in the last time phone could be home, but its not been can tie. Whats my, my somebody who sees the plan to mind pushing them their bodies that cause that phone to type has to be high hiccups. So bad people fall but the villages never received the compensation. The company declared bankruptcy before the verdict was, and im finally off to move in a decade is complaints. The factory is being dismantled. You say full gas, how long . You know, low coming on been knocked matt lawsuit for next month. No, no, but we will need one people to load all for ya. See, we can talk to one of them. Stephanopoulos as well as lucas couldnt get the nose for all those months. The english came with on the list for the same time. Sole says thailands criminal designation knows must be changed, as well might have called if apple phones quoting people couldnt match. So then also then pumped the pin, like all the path, weve done the boundary and libya for all case, the pumping time of the mess. Im home. Yeah, gun samsung, calm, given time, im going to make it couldnt but no wrong and says thailands defamation law is that to protect people walking by the door loud. Good me one month. Wow. That i was a clumsy a high, which i think then what a to totty one. A city is a human rights advocate who is being fighting such a little suit. The merely 6 the she knows the pitfalls a ton on the lease in system. Well. Now the case at the Supreme Court levels. And so i, although like we have actually one the 1st to call like the 1st caught and appeal cool. I still hanging there at the bottom of my mind. She was charged of to sharing a video on social media about the electric mistreatment of Migrant Workers. A, to major coach he exposed to it was very difficult at that time. I was frustrated with the criminal system like how did test allow to be proceed even though we already present of several evidence of the why them labor, right. The violations will verify by different states azari be but why the case is still moving forward to the full trial suit. The reese has the information, she said was demonstrably true. The company had been ordered to pay the work is 50000. 00 and compensation to tie defamation. The truth alone is not to defense. So in time and you can face jail time for re tweeting something. That is true. Yes, exactly. If the issue is not uh, your own legitimate interest on a public interest, there is no defense. Yes. The Company Involved to my cassette has been on a litigation spree, sitting more than 20 people, including the workers who alleged miss treatment. One human rights activist faced up to 42 years in prison, to post supporting Migrant Workers or to say they were exploited by the company of cases along with mold and sturdy, others were eventually dismissed. C 3 says thailands criminal defamation laws are open to abuse. And shes nice studying low to help herself and others fight back. First of all can be no lice. People for the speech all for simply social media posts is wrong. And so many different level that is disproportionate. Putting a person in jail is completely deprived them of galilee, but he and i think thats a very severe life punishment. It should be reserved for, for example, filing crimes like uh for the crime that really had a serious effect on the society. The criminal defamation complaints can be made to the police or even taken directly to the court as a result type is affecting the bill for tens of thousands of charges. While those defending them have to flip the bills themselves. The amount that i have to pay for the case is already modern. Save a 100000. 00 tie box. The intention is not to win the case, but this actually 2 wiring peop