Court again Rejects Bail for Four Ratsadorn Leaders
Kritsadang Nutcharas, the lawyer of the defendants, proposed the third try in order to win bail for Anon Nampa, Parit Chiwarak, Somyot Prueksakasemsuk and Patiwat Saraiyaem with a 3 lakh baht surety for each of them.
The lawyer said the court rejected the request, alluding the same reasons expressed for earlier rulings.
The four leaders was charged on the allegation of insulting the highest institution which they made on Sep. 19 during the demonstration at the Royal Funeral Field.
The charge has drew the new rounds of demonstration, demanding their release, with a hundred participants waking from Thao Suranaree Monument in Nakhon Ratchasima's Muang district to Government House to show solidarity and sparked the latest violent protest, agitating the demonstrators to intensify the situation on Saturday, and threatening to form a mass rally again on Feb. 20.
In addition to the refusal, 48 jurists posted a statement on Facebook, alluding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. They called for the judges to be unprejudiced in the case, virtuously perform under the framework of the law, and protect the right and freedom of people.
The Criminal Court today, too, summoned 18 additional Ratsadorn leaders to undergo the verdict hearing. The court, however, adjourned the judicial process until Mar. 8. The leaders were also charged with the allegations of violating section 112, 116, 215 of Thailand's Penalty Code.
Some information is applied from Bangkok Post, Bangkokbiznews, Prachachat and Thaipost.
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