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Somlak 3rd case : Posted Facebook criticizing a gold mine in Phichit province
Latest Update: 23/01/2018
Defendant
Somlak
Case Status
On trial in Court of First Instance
Case Started
2016
Complainant / Plaintiff
No information
Table of Content
Somlak, an environmental activist, posted on her Facebook account a picture with caption saying 'It was very dangerous to hurry greedy operate. The ridge of cyanide sump of 1,400 rai has no axis. This is very fragile. It is only 400-500 meter from the temple and school." The message implicate to the mining operation of the Akara Resources Company. The company therefore submitted a case under Computer Crime Act Section 14(1), 14(2) and Environmental Conservation Act Section 101 against Somluck. The Pichit Provincial Court accepted the case and schedule to examine witnesses in 2017.
Defendant Background
Offense
Article 14 (1) Computer Related Crime Act, Article 14 (2) Computer Related Crime Act
The Enhancement and Conservation of the National Environmental Quality Act
Allegation
Circumstance of Arrest
Trial Observation
Black Case
อ 1468/2559
Court
Phichit Provincial Court