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Article 112 of the Criminal Code or the lèse majesté law is enacted to protect the King, Queen, Heir-Apparent, and Regent from being defamed, insulted and threatened with harm. It is a law that belongs to the first Section dealing with national security laws and...
Three days after the coup d’état in May, the military made an announcement that cases related to national security, which includes Thailand’s most controversial law, Article 112 of the Criminal Code known as lese
majeste law, would fall under the jurisdiction of the military court.
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Lèse majesté cases under Article 112 of the Criminal Code have gained much attention. Hot debates have flared up every time the Court hands down verdicts on such cases and the opinions expressed tend to be highly polarized.
Part of the online debate is harbored to support a...
In recent years, computers and internet have become increasingly important in our modern lives and, by the same token, the number of the “computer crimes” has been worryingly growing as well. Therefore, the Computer-related Crime Act B.E. 2007 (hereinafter CCA) has been enacted in order to...
Coup makers, since 1976 coup d’etat, have regularly cited a surge of lese majeste as a prerequisite for overthrowing an elected government. The 2006 coup, when lese majeste was cited as one of the major reasons, marked a surge of the lese majeste cases. The atrocity in April-May 2010, where almost...
