Jailed Redshirt Leader’s Defamation Prison Term Reduced

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

BANGKOK — A prominent Redshirt leader will serve a year in prison for defamation after the Supreme Court reaffirmed his conviction Thursday morning.

 

While the court rejected Jatuporn Prompan’s final appeal of his 2009 conviction for making libelous remarks about Democrat Party leader and former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, it also halved his original sentence of two years to a year in jail.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/courts/2017/12/14/jailed-redshirt-leaders-defamation-prison-term-reduced/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-12-14

What a lucky man. Wonder what his inmate ID number is? Wifey wants to buy some lottery this week. 

Good for him his conviction was obviously political like 1000s of others.

What did he ever do to deserve being in a prison with killers and rapists and embezzlers. 

He made a speech that someone didn't like. I used to like abhisit hoping he might bring change. I will never forgive his evilness for pushing this through on a defenseless poor man that wouldn't hurt a fly. 

Who needs guns when you have friends in high places and prisons eh abhisit? 

I'm finding all this quite entertaining 

This guy is directly responsible for the hostage taking of Bangkok and later burning of Bangkok in 2010. I wonder if he has/will be punished for that.

4 minutes ago, daboyz1 said:

This guy is directly responsible for the hostage taking of Bangkok and later burning of Bangkok in 2010. I wonder if he has/will be punished for that.

Not that I know of. Anyway those guys Ahbisit and Suthep who ordered the use of live ammo were acquitted by the court. See irony in this defamation conviction. One got the maximum sentencing for defamation of an acquitted pair who were responsible for the deaths of so many civilians. 

He's losing weight...

 

3 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Not that I know of. Anyway those guys Ahbisit and Suthep who ordered the use of live ammo were acquitted by the court. See irony in this defamation conviction. One got the maximum sentencing for defamation of an acquitted pair who were responsible for the deaths of so many civilians. 

I was going to post the same thing myself. But I'm quite happy to sit back and watch the Junta unraveling

44 minutes ago, PattayaAngel said:

Good for him his conviction was obviously political like 1000s of others.

Get your facts straight.  It's a good conviction.  He should be in jail longer.

 

From the article in the OP:

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Jatuporn was previously convicted in 2015 for a speech in which he accused Abhisit of ordering soldiers to kill Redshirt supporters earlier that year at a protest in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district.

 

24 minutes ago, daboyz1 said:

This guy is directly responsible for the hostage taking of Bangkok and later burning of Bangkok in 2010. I wonder if he has/will be punished for that.

Lets hope that he gets punished to show those red terrorists they can't just take a whole city hostage with their violent actions and then later try to burn it down. These encouragements are on tape.. the burning happend.. send them to jail for 10-15 years for terrorism. He deserves it. I see that people like greenchair have no idea what the guy did.

22 minutes ago, robblok said:

Lets hope that he gets punished to show those red terrorists they can't just take a whole city hostage with their violent actions and then later try to burn it down. These encouragements are on tape.. the burning happend.. send them to jail for 10-15 years for terrorism. He deserves it. I see that people like greenchair have no idea what the guy did.

That is another case. 

He is in prison for a speech. 

I see that roblock has no idea what the article said.

51 minutes ago, daboyz1 said:

This guy is directly responsible for the hostage taking of Bangkok and later burning of Bangkok in 2010. I wonder if he has/will be punished for that.

That is another case. 

In this case he was convicted of making a speech deemed to be uncomfortable by the cannot win an election camp. 

5 minutes ago, greenchair said:

That is another case. 

He is in prison for a speech. 

I see that roblock has no idea what the article said.

You said what did he ever do to deserve to be in prison(that implies not just this case), i just told you that being a terrorist while your right that is an other case. This case is about him lying and smearing someones reputation. The courts saw that this could not be done in that way and rightfully sentenced this red terrorist to jail. We can only hope the other charges stick 

1 hour ago, PattayaAngel said:

Good for him his conviction was obviously political like 1000s of others.

 

Did you read the bit about where he confessed? To publicly accusing someone of something he had no proof of?

 

And he still has to face some other serious charges.

 

Btw - who elected him to be leader of the UDD?

12 minutes ago, greenchair said:

That is another case. 

In this case he was convicted of making a speech deemed to be uncomfortable by the cannot win an election camp. 

 

No, he confessed to making defamatory comments that were aimed at smearing someone for political purposes and inciting others.

 

Btw - please tell us who elected him to lead the UDD?

5 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

No, he confessed to making defamatory comments that were aimed at smearing someone for political purposes and inciting others.

 

Btw - please tell us who elected him to lead the UDD?

He confessed because he knew he was wanted out of the way. He confessed because he had to choose between 6 months and 12 months. 

Who cares who elected him, at least he can say he was elected by someone other than himself. 

1 minute ago, greenchair said:

He confessed because he knew he was wanted out of the way. He confessed because he had to choose between 6 months and 12 months. 

Who cares who elected him, at least he can say he was elected by someone other than himself. 

Do you have proof of your statement that he confessed to a lie ? Or are you as usual making things up not accepting that the guy himself confessed to lying to incite others (good reason to put him in jail)

Just now, greenchair said:

He confessed because he knew he was wanted out of the way. He confessed because he had to choose between 6 months and 12 months. 

Who cares who elected him, at least he can say he was elected by someone other than himself. 

 

Wrong again. He confessed because he was guilty - he made the defamatory statement voluntarily. 

 

Really wrong again - he, like all the other UDD "leaders" never say how they were appointed. But it was certainly not by an election! Rather ironic given the organization's name don't you think?

4 minutes ago, greenchair said:

He confessed because he knew he was wanted out of the way. He confessed because he had to choose between 6 months and 12 months. 

Who cares who elected him, at least he can say he was elected by someone other than himself. 

He confessed because he got a reduced sentence for doing so.  And because he was guilty.  Caught red handed and video taped! LOL

1 minute ago, craigt3365 said:

He confessed because he got a reduced sentence for doing so.  And because he was guilty.  Caught red handed anod video taped! LOL

Well my point is. 

Yes he did make a nasty speech. 

My question is, does a human deserve prison for a heated political speech?When prisons are overcrowded and bursting at the seams.

In this particular case. 

Does the punishment fit the crime? 

 

1 minute ago, Samui Bodoh said:

I see that Lenin's proverbial "Useful Idiot" brigade is out in full force on behalf of Thailand's 0.01%. Way to go, boys!

 

Woof! Woof! Aooohhhhh!!!

Ah yes if you can't beat someones argument attack them personally. You know that is a mortal sin in a discussion. Normally you got quite well thought out posts. Guess even you can't defend this guy.

1 minute ago, greenchair said:

Well my point is. 

Yes he did make a nasty speech. 

My question is, does a human deserve prison for a heated political speech?When prisons are overcrowded and bursting at the seams.

In this particular case. 

Does the punishment fit the crime? 

 

So its ok to incite violence based on lies. Its ok to make a heated political speech if there are no lies in it (meaning things he could not prove meant to incite people even more). 

 

Had he been completely truthfully it would not have been a problem to have a heated political speech.But lying to make it even more heated and incite even more people.. that is exactly what deserves jailtime. 

1 minute ago, greenchair said:

Well my point is. 

Yes he did make a nasty speech. 

My question is, does a human deserve prison for a heated political speech?When prisons are overcrowded and bursting at the seams.

In this particular case. 

Does the punishment fit the crime? 

 

Nasty speech?  He lied that the PM had ordered soldiers to kill innocent protesters.  That's way beyond nasty.  Come on.

 

It wasn't heated.  It was designed, like many of the red shirt speeches, to get the masses fired up and become violent.  Burning many buildings in Bangkok was one of their requests.

 

No, the punishment doesn't fit the crime.  He deserves more time in jail.  Much more.  He's one of the big reasons so many protesters on both sides of the political spectrum are dead.  Thailand is better off without political leaders like this.

1 minute ago, greenchair said:

Oh dear. 

Who knows what you are woofing about? 

Which useful idiot brigade asst you referring? 

He was referring to those who choose to argue with you and not blindly supporting the red side of things. 

25 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

No, he confessed to making defamatory comments that were aimed at smearing someone for political purposes and inciting others.

you mean he told the truth then

The guy's own mother came out against him.

Activists like Suthep and Chamlong among many also made incendiary and fiery speeches on their stages. They got their yellow shirts all worked up too and did lots of damages. Seem they are walking the streets untouched and free whereas ...,..

24 minutes ago, daboyz1 said:

The guy's own mother came out against him.

She has to or she would be in prison too 

19 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Activists like Suthep and Chamlong among many also made incendiary and fiery speeches on their stages. They got their yellow shirts all worked up too and did lots of damages. Seem they are walking the streets untouched and free whereas ...,..

What damage.. anything comparable to bombing of kids of setting fire to BKK ? The yellow shirts however anoying they could be never dropped down to that level of voilence. The red leaders were masters at inciting their masses and then letting them do the dirty work for them with all the violence. They deserve to be behind bars far more then the leaders of the yellows. Though I would not mind seeing Suthep behind bars for corruption.