Jatuporn gets suspended jail term

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Jatuporn gets suspended jail term

Published: 27 Sep 2012 at 15.56
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The Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan to six months in jail, suspended for two years, and a fine of 50,000 baht after finding him guilty of defaming Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva.

The lawsuit was filed by Mr Abhisit.

It stated that Jatuporn, in speeches from the rally stage of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship from Jan 29-Feb 15, 2010, accused Mr Abhisit, who was then prime minister, of ordering soldiers to kill people.

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johninbkk
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Discussion 8 : 27 Sep 2012 at 22.058
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"The court dismissed another defamation lawsuit brought against Jatuporn by Mr Abhisit, who objected to Jatuporn calling him a military draft dodger...The court ruled that Mr Jatuporn, in making the comment, was only doing his duty as an MP in scrutinising Mr Abhisit's qualifications to serve as prime minister."
Interesting . . . perhaps someone didn't want Mr Jatuporn to produce the evidence in court?
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bkkfarang1
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Discussion 7 : 27 Sep 2012 at 21.597
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May I ask how many suspended sentences equal 1 jail term?
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Discussion 6 : 27 Sep 2012 at 21.516
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Discussion 5 : Does Khun Mark need his wall painting again? lol
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Discussion 5 : 27 Sep 2012 at 21.185
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I am sure soon there will be another “peaceful demonstration” by the red shirts in front of Abhisit’s house because he dared to sue one of the red-shirt leaders. They can’t let him get away with that, now can they?
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Discussion 4 : 27 Sep 2012 at 20.524
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I really do not understand the que for cases. It seems some cases years old never reach the court while new cases only months old are front and center.
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Discussion 3 : 27 Sep 2012 at 19.393
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Jatuporn should have been made to make a public apology on television and radio as well as in the newspapers for a week. He has got off very lightly as most / many farmers won't hear about the court's decision and will continue to believe Jatuporn's remarks. Will these people ever get their Karma in this life, I wonder?
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Discussion 2 : 27 Sep 2012 at 18.592
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funny to read this ...jatuporn have a 50,000 b fine heheheeh willbe paid by the thaksinredshirt family.+ he will never go to prison because he is a friend and the red leader and those people never do jail .some people r paid to let those people free what ever they do...reconciliation will not hapen with those people around Thailand Never Never...Thailand need a big change on top of the politic pyramid...and its not with this attitude that it will change.....
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Discussion 1 : 27 Sep 2012 at 17.361
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"The court ruled that Mr Jatuporn, in making the comment, was only doing his duty as an MP in scrutinising Mr Abhisit's qualifications to serve as prime minister." Why doesn't he do his duty by scrutinising the qualifications of the PT ministers too?
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