Case

15 August 2014

ML Kornkasiwat Kasemsri, independent scholar studying in the field of energy, was indicted for defamation by means of publication under Sections 326, 328 of the Criminal Code and Section 14(1) of the Computer-Related Crime Act 2007.

After the Court considered the evidence in a preliminary examination, it saw that there was a cause of action existing. The Court then accepted the case and scheduled the defendant’s deposition examination as well as a witness hearing on 3 November 2014.

 

3 November 2014

 

Pre-trial.

Both parties were present at the Court except the defendant’s lawyer since he was representing another case.

 

The plaintiff submitted a request to produce 8 witnesses at a trial. The defendant asked the Court to recall three of them who were tried in the preliminary hearing for further cross-examination. However, the Court allowed only two witnesses to be further cross examined. For the plaintiff’s side, there were 10 witnesses produced in 4 days.

 

ML Kornkasiwat Kasemsri informed the Court that he would like to produce 26 witnesses but the Court reduced the number to 24, with 9 days given.

 

ML Kornkasiwat Kasemsri asked the Court if there was a possibility of conducting a trial in absentia as he was unable to attend all trials. The permission was then granted to his request as it saw that the punishment of such offence is a term of imprisonment for not more than 10 years, and also, the defendant already has a lawyer as his representative.