Arisman gets jail for defaming Abhisit

Published: 3 Dec 2012 at 10.39
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Red-shirt co-leader Arisman Pongruangrong was sentenced to one year imprisonment by a the Criminal Court judge on Monday, with no suspension, in a judgement on a defamation case brought against him by Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Arisman was sued for defamation accusing the opposition leader as ordering the killing of people in his speech on Oct 11 and Oct 17, 2009. He must advertise the apology in two newspapers for seven days.

His lawyer filed an application for bail, offering a 100,000 baht guarrantee, saying he would take the ruling to the Appeals Court.

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howell
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Discussion 17 : 04 Dec 2012 at 23.2417
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Anyone who calls for 1 million liters of petrol to burn down a city should be locked up for a long time. I mean a very long time.
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Discussion 16 : 04 Dec 2012 at 01.5116
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abbub,

A court of law has decided it's not true, no matter how much you wish it was.

AV " didn't order the shooting".
Nice twist of words. The false statement was "ordering the killing of people", not "ordering the shooting".
If you do some critical thinking you will quickly find the cause and the culprits.
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Discussion 15 : 03 Dec 2012 at 23.2515
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D12 : I agree. The red color is considered a very negative factor and rightly so.
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Discussion 14 : 03 Dec 2012 at 21.0614
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Strange how commenters are reveling in one man being jailed for stating what may well be true.

ZERO accountability in Thailand.

- AV " didn't order the shooting".

Well, who then did? Somebody has to be accountable? Who? Just answer me that one question: who ordered the shooting?

TS???
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Discussion 13 : 03 Dec 2012 at 20.4513
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Good news for Thailand and the fight against terrorism.
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Discussion 12 : 03 Dec 2012 at 19.2912
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Color is indeed a considering factor in thai justice.
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Discussion 11 : 03 Dec 2012 at 16.5211
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By objective criteria, as he is a proven flight risk, it would be appropriate for him to not receive bail. But in a system that let Mr. T. go to the Olympics while pending conviction, and which let policemen not only on trial for, but already convicted of murder, free on bail, odds are he will be freed on bail and a fugitive again within days.
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Discussion 10 : 03 Dec 2012 at 16.3610
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The round-a-bout goes around. Today good news about a loud mouthed person who deserves no sympathy but will there be a long wait before the decision is modified to let him come out and start again? This man is hardly an example of the "Land of Smiles" that we all with more difficulty try to sell.
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Discussion 9 : 03 Dec 2012 at 14.469
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He got what he deserved, maybe this will stop some of these people from saying things against others, just because they belong to a different political party.
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Discussion 8 : 03 Dec 2012 at 14.168
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He probably now realises that he was better off holed up in Cambodia!
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