Jeng Dokjik released on bail

Published on January 18, 2013 by TFP   ·   No Comments

BANGKOK, 18 January 2013 – The Criminal Court has accepted a 500,000-baht bond put up by Jeng Dokjik or Yoswaris Chuklomand, a leader of the red-shirt, and granted him temporary release on bail.

The court ruled that Jeng Dokjik was guilty of lese majeste in the speech he gave during a United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship rally on March 29th, 2010.

Jeng Dokjik’s original sentence was 3-year imprisonment without suspension but was reduced to 2 years because of his cooperative testimony.

However, his lawyer put up 500,000 baht to secure his temporary release, which was accepted by the court, reasoning that the red-shirt leader was unlikely to escape prosecution.

(NNT: Thammarat Pramotmaneerat)

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