Name: Aukit (Age 26)
Occupation: Self-employed
Case: Lèse Majesté (Article 112) and Article 14 (3) and (5) of the Computer Crimes Act for Posting to Facebook
Date of Imprisonment: 13 February 2024
Location of Imprisonment: Bangkok Remand Prison

“Kong” Aukit was imprisoned for the first time on 21 December 2022 after the Court of First Instance ruled him to be guilty of Article 112 of the Criminal Code and Article 14 (3) of the Computer Crimes Act. He was convicted of 5 counts of violation and sentened to 3 years per count, for a total of 15 years imprisonment. He confessed and so the sentence was reduced to 7 years and 6 months, with no suspension of punishment. Kong was imprisoned for 46 days before being released on bail while the case was being appealed. 

Subsequently, on 13 February 2024, he had to enter prison for the 2nd time as the Appeal Court upheld the sentence of imprisonment of 5 years and 30 months (or 7 years and 6 months) without suspension of punishment. Kong was denied bail and so has been in the Bangkok Remand Prison since then. 

Kong was also sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by the Samut Prakan Provincial Court on 16 February 2023 in another case of violation of Article 112 of the Criminal Code and Article 14 (3) of the Computer Crimes Act. In this case, he used a Facebook account in the name of “John New World” in the Royal Marketplace group in 2020. He shared news about the protest of a group of foreign people against the king in front of a hotel in Germany with the text, “For this we must really praise the King.” The Appeal Court sentenced him to 2 years imprisonment in this case, but granted him bail.