Prosecutor v. Chiranuch Premchaiporn
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 14.993151949142197
Longitude: 101.22172645702746
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Thailand
- Decision Date
- Dec 23, 2015
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Remanded for Decision in Accordance with Ruling
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Suspension of Conviction or Sentence against individual exercising FoE
- Keywords
- Censorship
- Freedom of Expression
- Insult to Head of State
- Media/Press
- Public Officials
- Publications
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
- Case Number
- อ.1167/2553
- Case Summary
Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of Prachatai, an online newspaper in Thailand, was sentenced to one year in prison with a fine of 30,000 baht, which has been reduced to eight months with suspension and 20,000 baht fine after appeal to all the three courts of justice. She was charged under the 2007 Computer Crime Act for failing to remove content on Prachatai’s forum that was deemed to be lèse-majesté. Global FoE could not identify official legal and government records on the case and information on the case was derived from secondary sources. Global FoE notes that media outlets may not provide complete information about this case. Additional information regarding legal matters will be updated as an official source becomes available.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Related Caselaw (self)
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
- Collection
- CIPIT
- Date Updated
- May 16, 2024