Cabbie fined 3,000 baht by court for rallying in support of Gen Prawit

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Cabbie fined 3,000 baht by court for rallying in support of Gen Prawit

By Thai PBS

 

 

A taxi driver who held a placard to show support of Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan at a rally in front of the Defence Ministry last week was on Monday fined 3,000 baht for illegal public assembly and for gathering within 150-metre radius of the Office of the Royal Household.

 

The defendant, 54-year old Adul, claimed that he went to the Lak Muang Shrine to pay respect to the shrine and, when he found out about a rally at the Defence Ministry to support General Prawit, he immediately joined the demonstration for his personal preference of the deputy prime minister.

 

He also claimed that he grabbed the placard from one of the demonstrators and he didn’t find the statement in the placard offensive. He admitted he didn’t know that the gathering was illegal.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cabbie-fined-3000-baht-court-rallying-support-gen-prawit/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-02-06

[CelticBhoy]

This bloke won't be handing in any money he finds left in a bag in his cab.

He's got to get even with the system somehow  . . . . .  

[RichardColeman]

Should be institutionalized - not fined !

[tifino]

well, the report failed to display us what was written actually on the placard

 

i'd give the taximan the benefit of the doubt; and assume it was something offensive, because it was 'opposing' the watch liker

 

 

ummm... only the favourable Gold plated placards were allowable?

 

[JoePai]

For showing support to Prawit he should have been hung, drawn and quartered 

[baboon]

Where are the sedition charges? Why didn't the police break up the rally and where are the appropriate dereliction of duty charges for not doing so?

[Srikcir]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He admitted he didn’t know that the gathering was illegal.

For that alone he should have been fined.

His education comes cheap.

Hopefully he'll understand why the law was enacted by the junta - suppress freedom of expression that was supposedly guaranteed by the constitution.

[kartman]

Thought this was the type of rallying Cabbies did in Bangkok

 

[Eric Loh]

The 39 activists will be glad that the court has set a precedent on assemble near the Office of Royal Household. They shouldn't be charged otherwise. 

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

This bloke won't be handing in any money he finds left in a bag in his cab.

He's got to get even with the system somehow  . . . . .  

If he does not hand in any money left in his cab, he is not getting even with the system, it is the person who left the money in the cab who is going to suffer. not any politician in the system.

[Jonmarleesco]

Well, he might be compensated with the loan of a watch.