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[CrazyExpat]

The prosecution on Tuesday postponed its decision on whether to proceed with a lese majeste case against People's Alliance for Democracy leader Sondhi Limthongkul to Nov 17.

Kaiyasit Pitsawongprakan, director-general of the Criminal Litigtion Division, said permission for the postponement was given after Nitithorn Lamlua, Mr Sondhi's lawyer, submitted a request saying his client is now in the United States receiving medical treatment for sickness as a result of the attempt on his life in April this year.

Mr Sondhi has been charged with lese majeste for repeating Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul's remarks about the monarchy to a PAD rally on July 20 last year.

Ms Daranee, alias Da Torpedo, a United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) member, made her remarks in a separate rally. She was later found guilty of lese majeste by the Criminal Court and sentenced to eight years in jail.

Mr Nitithorn expected Mr Sondhi to return to Thailand this week.

http://bangkokpost.c...erred-to-nov-17

[Beer Chang]

CrazyExpat, on 29 September 2009 - 07:14 AM, said:

Mr Nitithorn expected Mr Sondhi to return to Thailand this week.

http://bangkokpost.c...erred-to-nov-17

Sondhi is a smart guy and he should learn from Toxin and Roman.

[Thaifan]

Yet another case of treating PAD members differently to UDD members. The court should have found him guilty in his absence and put him in jail for 8 years on his return. Then again he probably wouldn't have returned and we would all have been better off without his disruptive influence!!