Niece of soldier beaten to death arrested by police
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THE NIECE of a soldier beaten to death at an army training camp was arrested Tuesday for alleged defamation and violating the Computer Crime Act.
Narissarawan Kaewnopparat, who was previously in the forefront of a campaign for justice over her uncle’s death, was arrested by Makkasan police in Bangkok, after a warrant was issued her her arrest by Narathiwat Provincial Court in February. She was sent to Narathiwat to face the charges.
Phunsuk Phunsukcharoen, her lawyer from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights Centre, it was still unclear who had laid the complaint against Narissarawan and what exactly her client did that was illegal. No summons has been issued to her client, she added.
“My client was arrested at her office in the Children and Youth Department before noon. She was arrested because of the warrant but did not get any summons before,” Phunsuk said.
“As of now, I only know that she faces two allegations: defamation and posting wrong information on the Internet. We have to wait till we see the full complaints when we arrive at Narathiwat.”
She said Narissarawan was due to be taken to Narathiwat by van, accompanied by police and two inspectors from the Cross Cultural Foundation.
