Case

3 June 2014

Chaliaw went to report under the NCPO order No. 44/2557.

While he was detained in the military case, Chliaw admitted that he uploaded a file of somone named 'Bunpodj'. His statement was recorded.

Other people who also reported under the order No. 44/2557 said that while they were interrogated only once, Chaliaw was interogated three times and twice with a lie detector.

9 June 2014
After being detained for 7 days, Chaliaw was taken to the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) to inform the accusasion under the Article 112 of the Criminal Code. The inquiry officer allowed him to go home at that night and told him to go to the Criminal Court on the next day.

10 June 2014

Chaliaw and his family went to the Criminal Court according to the appointment. The inquiry officer submitted a request for a provisional detention while his realtives submitted a request for bail with a 800,000 baht security. The court did not allow him on bail because this case was a dissemination of information and a severe crime. Chaliaw then was detained at Bangkok Remand Prison.

29 August 2014

After the provisional detention period was ended, Chaliaw was taken to the Criminal Court for a deposition examination. He confessed. The court sentenced him for 3 years in prison and reduced by half to 1 year and 6 months because he confessed. The imprisonment penalty shall be suspended for 2 years.

8 October 2014

The public prosecutor submitted an appeal to the Court of Appeal showing that he disagreed with the Court of the First Instance that gave the penalty for 3 years and suspended the sentenced. The appeal stated that the act of this case is severe, the defendant uploaded a lèse majesté clip that the public can access. The prosecutor aked the Court of Appeal to give the maximum penalty to the defendant to warn the others not to do the same. 

3 September 2015

The Appeal verdict annoucement

At the Criminal Court, Chaliaw, his wife and his friends and relatives arrived around 8.50. They came to the court room no.805 around 9.30 with a reporter and 5 observers. 

The court ordered to move this case to the court room no.809 and ordered for a closed trial. The court allowed only the lawyer, the plaintiff and the defendant to be in the room. Chaliaw's wife, relatives who traveled from Chaiyaphum Province, 320 km from Bangkok, and observers have to wait outside.

Around 45 minutes later, Chaliaw's lawyer informed that the Court of Appeal changed the penalty to 5 years and reduced to 2 years and 6 months without suspension.

After the court read the verdict, Chaliew was brought to the holding cell underneath the Criminal Court building await for the bail order. He will be detain at the Bangkok Remand Prison because the Criminal Court forwarded his petition to the Supreme Court for a decision which will take 2 to 3 working days.

8 September 2015

The Supreme Court allowed Chaliew on bail with 400,000 baht as a deposit. 

9 June 2016