webfact Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Thai reporter sentenced to jail for libelling chicken farm File photo BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai television journalist was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday on charges of libelling a chicken farm on Twitter, her lawyer said. Suchanee Cloitre, who was working for Voice TV at the time, was convicted for a post she made about a legal dispute over working conditions at the Thammakaset farm, lawyer Woraporn Uthairangsee said. "I'm shocked and did not think the sentence would be so harsh," Suchanee told Reuters after the sentencing. She said she was worried about what would happen to her 8-month-old son. Her Twitter post centred on complaint that a group of migrant workers from Myanmar made to Thailand's National Human Rights Commission about conditions at Thammakaset in 2016. Thai courts https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-myanmar-workers/thai-top-court-orders-compensation-for-myanmar-workers-in-landmark-case-idUSKCN1P9114 this year ordered that the workers should get compensation after earlier dismissing a defamation lawsuit that the farm had launched against the workers. Thammakaset, which denied the accusations from the outset, has also filed lawsuits against 20 journalists and activists over the case. Representatives of Thammakaset could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday. Suchanee, 30, said she would appeal and is currently out on bail. (Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Andrew Heavens) -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-12-25 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LomSak27 Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) This is how they keep them in line. Dare to speak the -censored-, two years in the clink. Edited December 24, 2019 by LomSak27 30 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RJRS1301 Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 The courts found in favour of the workers and ordered compensation. How could the journalist be guilty of libel, does not make sense to this mind here 38 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said: The courts found in favour of the workers and ordered compensation. How could the journalist be guilty of libel, does not make sense to this mind here It makes perfect Thai sense. 29 1 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus123 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Just now, bluesofa said: It makes perfect Thai sense. Yup... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steve187 Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 freedom of..................... nothing really 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canuckamuck Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 Guilty of being on the wrong side, it happens in politics here too. Law is for the unconnected and out of favor. 19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lungstib Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said: How could the journalist be guilty of libel, does not make sense to this mind here As I understood it from a previous case, it wasn't whether what you said was true or not, it was whether your comment caused loss of business or personal status. Just a step below Lese Majeste, the truth doesn't come into it. 29 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted December 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2019 13 minutes ago, Lungstib said: As I understood it from a previous case, it wasn't whether what you said was true or not, it was whether your comment caused loss of business or personal status. Just a step below Lese Majeste, the truth doesn't come into it. So true. This is how the law covers loss of face. 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GalaxyMan Posted December 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2019 Such a pathetic little -- in every sense of the word -- people, so afraid of the truth that they criminalize it. ???? 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 No one can say a word against powerful people in Thailand. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Puchaiyank Posted December 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2019 And you still want to argue that Thailand is a civilized society? 13 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikebell Posted December 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2019 2 hours ago, RJRS1301 said: The courts found in favour of the workers and ordered compensation. How could the journalist be guilty of libel, The reporter told the truth but the truth is the 1st casualty in a war between the haves and the have-nots. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mngmn Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Just live the way posters here to on about avoiding PC in their home countries. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 There is no real reason to have news in Thailand. The reporters are scared to discuss pros, cons, other points of view, morals or anything as it can result in such a case. This is one main reaosn Thais are so backwards with thinking. They never get to see a better point of veiw. Its sad and i hope someone hits up this judge with a lawsuit for human rights abuses but it will never happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 2 hours ago, GalaxyMan said: people, so afraid of the truth that they criminalize it. ???? They're not interested in the truth... welcome to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Shut your mouth and only say Kha or Khrup when spoken to or you will be smashed. Such a deplorable system. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasThBKK Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 59 minutes ago, unamazedloso said: There is no real reason to have news in Thailand. The reporters are scared to discuss pros, cons, other points of view, morals or anything as it can result in such a case. This is one main reaosn Thais are so backwards with thinking. They never get to see a better point of veiw. Its sad and i hope someone hits up this judge with a lawsuit for human rights abuses but it will never happen. sanctions are really the only thing that can help here, sanction from the US and EU. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post justin case Posted December 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2019 thailand, when telling the truth gets you in jail and the criminals get left alone 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 My still-programmed-Western-brain readily connects to only one word to describe this court case outcome. Incomprehensible !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Backward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Ray Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I am curious why the Thai media does not employ staff as “researchers” and publish controversial articles under foreign nominees or nom de plumes to avoid this liability? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 53 minutes ago, Classic Ray said: I am curious why the Thai media does not employ staff as “researchers” and publish controversial articles under foreign nominees or nom de plumes to avoid this liability? For the same reasons they do everything else wrong. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshiremusicman Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 58 minutes ago, Classic Ray said: I am curious why the Thai media does not employ staff as “researchers” and publish controversial articles under foreign nominees or nom de plumes to avoid this liability? Bloody good idea. It would keep the rats off their backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonltr Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 It's a disgrace that defamation is a criminal offence resulting in imprisonment. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Simple - do not buy chickens from the Thammakaset farm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNXexpat Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 To be a serious journalist in Thailand is a dangerous job. So sad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunFred Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Anything but the truth will do. Money talks in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunFred Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 53 minutes ago, cheshiremusicman said: Bloody good idea. It would keep the rats off their backs. If they did that, the editors and management would be charged. There is no way to escape defamation laws except to repeal them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I've read on TVF so many people bemoaning fluffy news articles. But what Thai in their corn fed mind would want to be a real investigative reporter like we have in the west, when you report truth, and somehow that lands you in jail? Amazing Thailand! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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