Date of
Incident
Type of Offense Allegedly
Committed
Summary of Incident
Legal Measures Taken
September
2010
L è se-majest é (section 112 of the
penal code); inciting unrest by
publication (section 116 of the penal
code); input into a computer of
system computer data that are an
offense against national security or
terrorism according to the penal
code [section 14(3) of the
Computer-Related Offenses Act]; and
intermediary liability or consent/
negligence of operators for offenses
to be committed (section 15 of the
Computer-Related Offenses Act)
Webmaster of www.prachatai.co.th was stopped
at an immigration checkpoint and arrested at
Bangkok International Airport after returning
from the Internet at Liberty 2010 conference in
Budapest, Hungary. Her arrest warrant was
based upon an interview published in www.
prachatai.co.th about a man who was charged
with l è se-majest é for failing to stand up for the
royal anthem in a movie theater in 2008.
The arrestee was bailed out on
THB 200,000 (USD 6,600) bail.
She was expected to report to
Khon Kaen provincial police
station, where the arrest warrant
was issued, once a month until
the case is either dismissed or
fi led to the public prosecutor.
Table 5.4
(continued)