Pheu Thai MP Korkaew returns to jail over threat to court
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Pheu Thai partylist MP Korkaew Pikulthong went back to jail after the Criminal Court revoked his bail for threatening the Constitution Court and creating fear in society.
The intention [of the defendant] was to threaten andpressure [the Constitution Court],” the Criminal Court said in its ruling, which was read Friday.
“It was not criticism but incitement of people for political benefit… It is considered a threat [to the Constitution Court].”
The ruling also noted that Korkaew’s remarks created fear in society and were thus a clear violation of the bail conditions in his terrorism case stemming from the bloody 2010 redshirt protests.
Judges instructed four other redshirt MPs that they must not defame others and must not “incite” their followers to take any political action. The four are Pheu Thai partylist MP Weng Tojirakarn, Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikua, Pheu Thai’s Wiputhalaeng Pattanphoomthai and Pheu Thai’s Karun Hosakul.
