KSC Internet Suspect Is Refused Bail

[george]

'TAK' NUDES: Suspect is refused bail

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Criminal Court yesterday refused bail to a man police say confessed to uploading nud_e pictures of actress Bongkot "Tak" Kongmalai onto panthip.com and other websites.

Police said he was refused bail as he might try to destroy files and other evidence.

KSC Commercial Internet Co employee Sornyut Senamongkon, 25, turned himself in to police two days ago. Yesterday, he was taken to court, where police requested a postponement until five more witnesses could be summoned to testify, the Crime Investigation Department's Lt-Colonel Boonlert Kalayanamitr said.

Sornyut will be detained for 12 more days, Boonlert said.

Police traced the people who sent the images via emails to Sornyut and suspect the source was an insider on the set of the film "I-Fak" (The Judgement) in which Bongkot stars, Boonlert said.

Filmmakers will be called in to testify today, police said.

Police took Sornyut to his office yesterday to re-enact his alleged crime. During the re-enactment Sornyut pointed to his computer, which he allegedly used to upload the pictures, Boonlert said, adding the computer was seized.

During the re-enactment, Sornyut's co-workers said police had overreacted and should not treat him as a serious criminal.

Sornyut said he thought it was not wrong to upload the pictures as he had placed white strips over the actress's private parts.

"Some newspapers have shown even clearer pictures and nobody does anything about that. But in my case, police and society say it was wrong. I don't know what to do but to accept my fate," he said.

Sornyut's lawyer, Prasit Namnuan, who had prepared Bt100,000 for the bail application, pleaded with the public not to judge Sornyut as a psychopath or pervert.

"He's only a man who received the pictures and posted them to ask his friends whether they thought they were real or not," Prasit said, adding Sornyut was not the real target and police were aiming for higher ups.

Many users of panthip.com expressed their sympathy for Sornyut and are raising funds to help him fight the case.

[frequentatore]

Maybe he'll get 10 years...

...and also in the news today: Prosecutors have decided not to appeal the Criminal Court's acquittal of the youngest son of politician Chalerm Yubamrung.

Amazing Thailand...

[NedKelly]

Nothing surprises after the FCC debacle concerning Dr Race. Its like a bunch of schoolkids playing a game where they make up the rules as they go along. One day it's going to backfire in their red faces.

[penzman]

Sornyut and suspect the source was an insider on the set of the film "I-Fak"

Lovely film title

[stumonster]

saying Actor/actress while keeping a straight face......only because of their skill in the '' wooden face '' technique.

wonder which poo yai is <deleted> her?

[Phil Conners]

Sheesh!

[chanchao]

These gross unjustices and uneven handed jailing for minor offenses always get to me. Better if I don't comment beyond just saying that it makes me sad and strangely ashamed.

and will anyone ever forget . . . . . ç ĥ ă ĺ ē ŗ m . . . . . ?

[Tornado]

Is it illegal to have porn photos on your computer? it is illegal to download porn from the net? I did not realise this was such a major crime in Thailand.

[Crushdepth]

Why didn't they arrest the chick for wandering around with no clothes on :-)

[chanchao]

> Is it illegal to have porn photos on your computer?

Yes.

> it is illegal to download porn from the net?

Yes.

> I did not realise this was such a major crime in Thailand.

These two are not *major* crimes. (Though they usually ARE charged as offenses when (the police think that) also other more serious crimes have been committed. Proving that these other (more serious) offenses were commited is often more difficult, so police opt for the easy proof of finding 'a large collection of illegal porn' in your house. Very convenient.

In this case the more major infraction is that the actress' was victimized because her pictures were illegally taken and distributed. I.e. you don't mind when I upload a pornographic image of someone, but you would very much mind if I upload a picture of you that was made without your consent through a hole in some hotel wall.

But yes, merely having or distributing porn in any way is already a prosecutable offense.

Cheers,

Chanchao

[george]

‘Tak’ photo offender freed

BANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court granted bail yesterday to the man who had spent four nights in jail for uploading a partially nud_e image of an actress onto Pantip.com.

KSC Commercial Internet Co employee Sornyut “Jo” Senamongkon, 25, was granted bail after his father, Suraphong, and his lawyer presented the deed to a Bt300,000 plot as surety.

Actress Bongkot “Tak” Kongmalai filed a defamation suit against him on Saturday.

Family members, friends and fellow surfers from Pantip.com’s Chalermthai Web board greeted him as he exited the cells.

“I want to be ordained as a Buddhist monk for a while if the company allows it,” said Sornyut, who admitted posting the image and expressed his regrets. “This case will be a lesson that will last for the rest of my life. But I won’t quit surfing the Internet.”

--The Nation 2004-07-08

[Tornado]

> Is it illegal to have porn photos on your computer?

Yes.

> it is illegal to download porn from the net?

Yes.

> I did not realise this was such a major crime in Thailand.

These two are not *major* crimes. (Though they usually ARE charged as offenses when (the police think that) also other more serious crimes have been committed. Proving that these other (more serious) offenses were commited is often more difficult, so police opt for the easy proof of finding 'a large collection of illegal porn' in your house. Very convenient.

In this case the more major infraction is that the actress' was victimized because her pictures were illegally taken and distributed. I.e. you don't mind when I upload a pornographic image of someone, but you would very much mind if I upload a picture of you that was made without your consent through a hole in some hotel wall.

But yes, merely having or distributing porn in any way is already a prosecutable offense.

Cheers,

Chanchao

Thanks Chanchao, as I said I did not realise this, but it also does not surprise me.

There is also a law for women, that they must wear a bra and another law in regard to going nud_e or topless, but it is "never" enforced - not that I know of anyway.

Yes if this woman was photographed without her knowledge, it is more than invasion of privacy and the photographer should be held responsible/found/charged.

I feel for the guy who has been charged though.