Noppawan acquitted on lese majeste charges
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted Noppawan Tangudomsuk on lese majeste charges, giving her the benefit of the doubt as there was no clear evidence that she had insulted the monarchy on the Prachatai webboard in 2008.
Noppawan was indicted in 2009 and charged under article 112 of the Penal Code and the law on computer crime for a post that appeared on the webboard on October 15, 2008.
The primary court dismissed the accusation and freed her on the grounds that the IP address on the webboard was not enough to prove her guilty.
The appeal court, however, reversed the primary verdict, sentencing her to fiveyears in prison on the grounds that an IP address could be faked and that the comment was posted using an account name and password believed to belong to her.
