Secretary to TCPA: Wevo Could Face 20-Year Confinement

        Bangkok, Thailand (Mar. 7) - Srisuwan Chanya, the secretary general to the Thai Constitution Protection Assembly (TCPA) has said Sunday that Wevo guards, conducting  the abduction operation to free "Toto - Piyarat Chongthep" who was arrested on the accusation of possession of smoke grenades and others, could face 20 years of confinement.

        Mr. Srisuwan Chanya added that the offence violate Section 191 of the Thai Penalty Code.

        Whoever, by any means, causes to the persons under confinement by the power of Court, a Public Prosecutor, an inquiry official or an official who has the power to investigate the criminal cases to be released from such confinement, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or fined not exceeding ten thousand Baht, or both. If the persons so released from such confinement are the persons sentenced by any Court to death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment of fifteen years upwards, or numbering from three persons upwards, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to seven years and fined of one to fourteen thousand Baht. If the offence according to this Section is committed by doing any act of violence, threatening to do any act of violence, or carrying or using any gun or explosive, the offender shall be liable to heavier punishment than that as provided in the two preceding paragraphs by one-half, according to Section 191.

        The police had found 15 catapults, 50 nuts, 300 marbles, 30 smoke bombs, 30 bags of pickled fish, 13 helmets, 1 tear gas on the arrest before the guard hampered the detention vehicles heading to Ratchda Court.

        In addition to this, one police officer injured during the raid of the guards.

        

        At 9.30 pm., Thai Lawyers for Human Rights posted on twitter that 14 escaping from the detention vehicle surrendered to police to show that they were not quilty. Some information is applied from Posttoday.