Da Torpedo gets a new sentence of 15 years in jail
On 15 Dec, the Criminal Court sentenced Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul to 15 years in prison, after the Constitutional Court had ruled that its secret trial of the case was not unconstitutional. Daranee was initially sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment on 28 Aug 2009. Chanathip Muanpawong, the same judge who recently sentenced Amphon Tangnoppakul to 20 years in jail, said that Daranee was found guilty of l?se majest? on three counts and was sentenced to 5 years in prison on each count. According to the verdict, which was similar to the previous one, Daranee committed the offences when she delivered public speeches defamatory to the monarchy at anti-coup rallies at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on 7, 13 June and 18-19 July 2008.? In describing her crimes, the court cited Section 8 of the 2007 Constitution that, ‘The King shall be enthroned in a position of revered worship and shall not be violated. No person shall expose the King to any sort of accusation or action.’ Daranee’s mention of ‘yellow and blue collars’ and ‘Jitrlada bottled drinking water’? in her speech on 7 June 2008, ‘although not naming any particular names, was a symbolic message insinuating that Their Majesties the King and Queen supported the People’s Alliance for Democracy, which was a verbal offence against Their Majesties,’ the court said
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