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A group of more than 10 university professors will travel tomorrow (March 12) to the Criminal Court to appeal the bail of the students arrested during the trial for insulting the monarchy under article 112 of the Penal Code.
The students who became defendants in Section 112 were Panasaya Sittichariwattanakul. Third-year student, Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University, Phrit Chivarak, fourth-year student, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University and Jatuphat Boonphatraksa, Master’s student, Mahidol University
Prit or “Penguin” was incarcerated in the Bangkok Special Prison. Since February 9, Panasaya, or “Rung”, has been detained at the Central Correctional Institution for Women. Since March 8, Jatuphat or “Pai” has been detained in Thonburi Prison. From 8 mar.
In addition to the leaders who are students, the activists prosecuted by Section 112 and detained during the trial were Anon Nampa Patiwat, Sarai Yam Somyot, Prueksakasemsuk and Panupongchadnok.
Boonlert Wisetpricha, a professor at the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology at Thammasat University, reported via Facebook that the instructor of the student who was in prison would again appeal the bail order. Based on the principle that the defendant in a criminal case is healthy until sentence is passed. Including showing the court the need to study, for example, the university is currently in the mid-term exam. And the nature of current learning that students have to research and write about. What cannot be done in a prison
Although today the authorities have taken the Chatuphat Panupong and Piyarat Chongthep or “Toto”, the leader of the group of guards “Vivo” of the special prison of Thonburi, they went to the Criminal Court to investigate the request of the lawyer to transfer the place of detention from Thonburi Special Prison to Bangkok Special Prison.
Krisadaang Nuttajarat, attorney for the defendants and the three defendants, said that on March 8, Chatuphat Panupong and Piyarat were taken to the Thonburi Special Prison instead of the Bangkok Special Prison. According to the court’s prison order Which is the same place where the other leaders were incarcerated
The lawyer saw that the detention in the Thonburi special prison made it difficult for the defendant and the three defendants to discuss the case. Affect the right to defend the case and the family members by contacting, visiting or ordering the necessary items. Going to court is also inconvenient due to the long distance.
Krisada said the Department of Corrections sent a letter to the court saying that taking the three of them to the Thonburi special prison was for the safety of the prison and the accused. This is in accordance with the Ministerial Regulation which states that in the case of an urgent cause, it can first be moved and then reported to the court.
However, the lawyer saw that the March 8 incident was not urgent or there was a security problem because the time to take the accused and the accused to a special prison in Bangkok had not yet been proven.
Krisada said the court had made an appointment to hear the order to move out of the special house, Cham Thonburi. Or change the arrest warrant at the Bangkok Special Prison? March 15 at 11:00 am