webfact Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Cartoonist summoned over PM defamation case next monthBy English NewsBANGKOK, May 22 - Police on Tuesday issued a summons for influential daily newspaper cartoonist to acknowledge charges next month following his recent Facebook comment which landed him a defamation lawsuit filed by the prime minister.The police action came afer a lawyer authorised by the prime minister filed a defamation lawsuit against Chai Rachawat, the professional name of Somchai Katanyutanan, after he posted comments on his Facebook page criticising the premier on her recent speech at a political forum in Mongolia early this month.Deputy Metropolitan Police commander Pol Maj Gen Anuchai Lekbamrung said initial investigation as well as opinions from legal, linguistic and academic experts concluded that there are sufficient grounds to press charges against the cartoonist.Chai Rachawat is summoned for June 5 to hear the charges which Gen Anuchai said cannot be revealed now pending further discussions among the police investigation team. (MCOT online news)-- TNA 2013-05-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waza Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) This situation makes Yingluck look so insecure with this pretty obvious attempt to muzzle criticism. I am working my ass off and they call me naughty names Edited May 22, 2013 by waza 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post waza Posted May 22, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) How dare they say that.............. She is the leader of Thailand not some cheap tart.. Edited May 22, 2013 by waza 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOboe57 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 [...] opinions from legal, linguistic and academic experts [...] Amazing that "experts" were willing to participate in this preposterous charade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Regardless of the person the cartoon was aimed at , on a score 9/10 , I would rate the cartoon zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I saw the animated version with the "boinnnnnnng" sounds and couldn't stop laughing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Regardless of the person the cartoon was aimed at , on a score 9/10 , I would rate the cartoon zero. Very fitting, since there was no cartoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Member Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 [...] opinions from legal, linguistic and academic experts [...] Amazing that "experts" were willing to participate in this preposterous charade. Getting more and more like a dictatorship with no one willing to oppose the powers that be or decline any " invitation " they make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald14 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Good grief has someone made fun of Thaksin again?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Good grief has someone made fun of Thaksin again?? No ... Someone has made fun of his puppet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemini81 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 She's a public figure in the limelight...subject to criticism, and accepted that upon being PM. If you can't take the heat, get your mulberrys off the street. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 We have been talking about double standards towards protests but double standards are everywhere in PTP actions. Plod calls protesters in Chiang Mai " garbage " and Yingluck said she would ask him about it but a poor excuse for a cartoon sees lawyers instructed to file defamation charges and the BIB bring in all sorts of " experts " to prove the cartoonist meant what he said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givenall Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Real Democracy in Thailand, only if you are Red Shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualtraveller Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Sue away, it's exactly as her opponents want it, set her up to look like some authoritarian, silencing all critics, even parodies. The thing will be laughed out of court but along the way will drag on and leave a publicity trail of slime behind it. With the heat cranking up, and her opponents increasingly putting her on the spot over Thaksin, she needs this like a hole in the head. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunken Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 The real idiocy is that Yingluck was not named in the Facebook posting by the cartoonist. She must have a guilty conscience over her party political speech in Ulaan Bator. I wonder how the police 'linguistic experts' will frame (sic) the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickymaster Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Nothing will happen. The Shins are not going to make the same mistake twice. Emotions have stlled and business as usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank James Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Shrug it off, Khun Yingluck. Suing a cartoonist for ANY reason makes you look petty and stupid, and gives more ammunition to your foes. This should get laughed out of court. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 How dare they say that.............. Yingluck and Obama (1).jpg She is the leader of Thailand not some cheap tart.. in this instance, an expensive tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I'll be happy if he apologises to prostitutes country-wide:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mampara Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 How dare they say that.............. Yingluck and Obama (1).jpg She is the leader of Thailand not some cheap tart.. A vibrant civil society can only exist when individual organisations can work without fear or concern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Shrug it off, Khun Yingluck. Suing a cartoonist for ANY reason makes you look petty and stupid, and gives more ammunition to your foes. This should get laughed out of court. The scary thing is, it probably won't. Thai defamation law sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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