Pheu Thai spokesman jailed for defaming former Constitutional Court president
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The Supreme Court Friday jailed Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit and former Pheu Thai MP Kiartudom Menasawat one year for having defamed former Constitutional Court president Wasant Sroypisut.
The Supreme Court upheld the defamation conviction against the two former MPs and upheld the one-year jail term handed down on them by the Appeals Court.
Wasant filed a defamation lawsuit against Prompong and Kiartudom on June 15 2010, saying that the two held a press conference to defame him on June 8 2010.
The suit stated that the two unfoundedly alleged him with acting improperly and violating the code of ethic of judges and lacking justice and neutrality when handling the party dissolution case against the Democrat Party.
The suit stated that the two former Pheu Thai MPs alleged Wasant with allowing a representative to meet him in private before the Constitution Court ruled in favour of the Democrat.
On July 31, the Criminal Court convicted the two for defaming Wasant and gave them one year jail term and a fine of Bt50,000 each.
Prompong and Kiartudom appealed against the ruling. On December 12, 2013, the Appeals Court upheld the conviction and gave them one-year jail term without suspension. The Appeals court lifted the fine.
They appealed against the ruling with the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court ruled that their allegation against Wasant was groundless so the court upheld the one-year jail term sentence against them.
