Seh Daeng & Co Remain In Thai Police Custody

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UPDATE

Court frees Maj-Gen Khattiya, six others on bail but rejects K-Thong's bid

BANGKOK (TNA) - Thailand's Criminal Court has approved granting bail to Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, a staunch supporter of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and six of Gen Khattiya's associates--except Pornwat Thongthanaboon alias K-Thong--reasoning that his charges should be considered terrorism.

Even though police investigators asked the court to detain all eight for fear that they would tamper with the evidence of the case and threaten witnesses, but the Court finally acted to temporarily free them after Gen Khattiya's lawyer requested bail with Bt1.6 million in cash.

The Court ordered Gen Khattiya and his companions to not comment on any matter which could be considered as threatening the public regarding possible violence.

However, the Court denied the bail request for Mr Pornwat as his actions could be considered as terrorist acts, and he was to be sent to the Bangkok Remand Prison.

Gen Khattiya and his seven associates have been in police custody since Saturday on charges of carrying weapons in public places without legitimate reason.

Suspended from duty for an indefinite period, the controversial special general also faces charges for sheltering an accused person and using falsified motor vehicle registration license plates.

The general is suspected of being involved in the grenade attack at Thai Army headquarters January 15. The grenade narrowly missed the office of the army chief. A summons was issued for him and he reported to the police.

Mr Pornwat was charged with posessing fire arms without license and earlier charged with using electronic media to incite unrest and threatening public order after uploading a video clip on the YouTube.com website some 10 days ago.

In the video, he 'predicted' bombings and chaos which might "soon take place" in Bangkok, and in fact such acts did take place the next day with a series of bombing incidents at Bangkok Bank branches in the capital and Samut Prakan province.

However, Mr Pornwat denied the charges, saying that the video clip was edited and distorted .

Gen Khattiya said after being released that he respected the Court order and will not be on stage during the Red Shirt rally that will start at Sanam Luang on March 14 but would attend the gathering as an observer.

He said he will appeal the court order to help free Mr Pornwat. (TNA)

-- TNA 2010-03-08

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The Nation have a story saying further detention has been approved either the Nation or TAN are going to be a tad red faced after this one becomes clear

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The news came out 17:58. and looks like that at 18:00 the office close, leisure-time. Unfortunately the news from the court didn't reach the office yet, so what to do?

Lots of The Nation reports is guess work and speculation anyway. Does somebody care, getting they a red face at The Nation if some news turn out to be inaccurate? Not really.

The odds have been 50/50, that is an above the average change to get it right. So why don't give it a try and just report something. In a typical The Nation style they chose the version what The Nation wishes and hopes to become true. Using imagination is a big strength of that newspaper. Attempts to create reality this way. True or not it will nothing change at The Nation or leads to a consideration how they should handle the news business. wanna bet?

btw. a quote from the start topic "Police detained the eight on suspicion of [...] uploading false information into the computer system."

'computer system' is "Computer Crime Act B.E.2550" speech and means in this case the internet.

relevant could be here the following section:

Section 14. If any person commits any offence of the

following acts shall be subject to imprisonment for not

more than five years or a fine of not more than one

hundred thousand baht or both:

(1) that involves import to a computer system of forged

computer data, either in whole or in part, or false computer

data, in a manner that is likely to cause damage to that

third party or the public;

(2) that involves import to a computer system of false

computer data in a manner that is likely to damage the

country's security or cause a public panic;

...

(5) that involves the dissemination or forwarding of

computer data already known to be computer data under

(1) (2) (3) or (4);

Section 15. Any service provider intentionally supporting

or consenting to an offence under Section 14 within a

computer system under their control shall be subject to

the same penalty as that imposed upon a person committing

an offence under Section 14.

taken from an unofficial translation as it appears here www.prachatai.com/english/node/117

Commit The Nation a violation according to the Computer Crime Act? A subject to interpretation. Khattiya would be probably entitled file a complaint with the police. After this it is up to the court. And that wasn't the first time that The Nation published false informations about Khattiya, damaging his reputation. That this leads to further verbal violence is documented on this web board.

If you study previous cases related to the 'Computer Crime Act' you will see that such a scenario is not so far off and it is possible that you can share a cell floor with the YouTuberEight 'false information' criminals.

When it comes to the Computer Crime Act be careful what you wish for others.

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