A 16 12 months previous woman from Phitsanulok, Thailand, has been granted bail after being charged with royal defamation, making her the youngest individual ever charged beneath Section 112 of the Criminal Code, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). The alleged offence occurred when the lady, recognized solely as “May”, was 14 years and one month previous.
Police investigators declare that May used Facebook on November 18, 2020, to publish feedback thought of insulting to His Majesty the King. Downloadable , a member of a cyberbullying help group, found the messages and reported them to the police. All-inclusive was summoned for questioning on June four, 2021, initially as a witness, as formal charges had not but been filed.
Following her questioning, May reported feeling extraordinarily distressed and noticed plainclothes law enforcement officials close to her home and college. She finally left college and moved to Bangkok. This week, May and her mother and father travelled from Bangkok to reply to one other summons at the Phitsanulok Provincial Police station, the place she denied all allegations. Later that day, she appeared in Phitsanulok Juvenile and Family Court, where the police sought her detention however did not object to bail. The courtroom granted bail, and May was launched on a surety of 20,000 baht offered by her mother and father, reported Bangkok Post.
TLHR states that May is the 19th juvenile accused underneath Section 112 since 2020. Four of them have been beneath 15 years outdated when the alleged offences occurred, and 15 had been aged between 15 and 18.
In a high-profile case, a Bangkok teenager identified as Thanalop or “Yok” just lately marked her fiftieth day in detention at a juvenile facility in Nakhon Pathom. The Central Juvenile and Family Court issued a press release final week addressing criticism of her detention, explaining that the girl’s mother had not appeared for her bail, leading to her prolonged stay on the Ban Pranee Juvenile Vocational Training Centre for Girls.
Yok’s costs led to a violent protest at the Samran Rat police station on May 10, where demonstrators vandalised the premises and clashed with police, resulting in 9 arrests. Seven men and two women appeared in courtroom on expenses including damaging public property and had been subsequently released on bail..