A political activist charged with lèse-majesté offences and violating the Computer Crimes Act has had the charges in opposition to him dismissed. Security officials brought the lawsuit in opposition to 31-year-old Harit Nahaton in 2016, claiming he committed lèse-majesté offences while chatting to 48-year-old Nattharika Warathanyawit on Facebook Messenger between January and April 2016.
Lèse-majesté, or section 112 of the Criminal Code, prohibits criticising, insulting, or defaming the monarchy and carries a punishment of up to 15 years’ imprisonment. According to a Bangkok Post report, Ms Nattharika has since fled the nation and is considered in the US. The case in opposition to her has been suspended since her departure from the dominion.
The plaintiffs have previously claimed that Harit and Nattharika gave them the passwords to their Messenger accounts, which both defendants have denied. The plaintiffs also claimed to have copied the chat history between each defendants, but a college lecturer testifying in Harit’s defence mentioned such content material could easily have been edited.
The Bangkok Post stories that Wichan Chotdaeng, a witness testifying for the plaintiffs, admitted he was solely informed about the messages and didn’t truly see the chats for himself. The plaintiffs were additionally unable to prove that the account cited as evidence truly belonged to the activist.
ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ที่ไหนดี ruled that the plaintiffs had no eye witnesses or any solid evidence to assist their claims in opposition to Harit. Speaking after the ruling, the activist thanked the decide for delivering justice. He added that he wouldn’t convey a counter swimsuit in opposition to the safety officials as he mentioned they were just following orders..