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Lese majeste bail filed after hunger strike

Lese majeste bail filed after hunger strike

Panitan Prueksakasemsuk on Thursday petitioned for an appellate review on bail application filed for his father and lese majeste suspect Somyos following the completion of 112-hour hunger strike.

 

Panitan started his fasting on Saturday near the Bangkok Criminal Court in order to call attention to the legal plight of his father, held in remand last April while working as editor of Voice of Thaksin.
Defence lawyer Karom Polponthaklang said the lower court rejected six bail applications for Somyos, prompting the defence to ask for the appellate review for a first time.
In the appellate writ, the defence cited a comparison to the release granted to red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruangrong who faces terrorism charges punishable by a death penalty, Karom said. 
The Nation
 
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