Chon Buri: The Court of Appeal supported a lower court’s judgment the other day sentencing red-shirt member Arisman Pongruangrong and 12 others to 4 years in jail in connection with a riot that interfered with the 2009 Asean Top in Pattaya.
Arisman: Bail declined for red-shirt rioter
In its judgment, the court discovered Arisman and the other offenders guilty as charged for their function in the demonstration at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel, which required the evacuation of local leaders and the post ponement of the top.
The court waited the lower court’s judgment consisting of the four-year prison terms without suspension.
Following the court’s judgment, the offenders’ households sent bail demands, with 2 million baht used as security for Arisman and one million baht each for the 12 others.
The court the other day declined their bail demands, regardless of the large amounts used as surety.
They were taken individually to Pattaya Jail and Nong Pla Lai Jail in Chon Buri for detention.
Attorney Kharom Polpornklang stated another appeal would be lodged with the Supreme Court within 1 month in an additional quote to reverse the judgment.
The storming of the Asean Top place happened on April 11, 2009 throughout the Abhisit Vejjajiva federal government.
The red-shirt United Front for Democracy versus Dictatorship (UDD) protesters required their method into the hotel and stimulated security issues for the local leaders, a few of whom needed to be left by boat.
The district attorneys submitted a suit versus the group for defying an order forbiding a rally of more than 10 individuals and breaking traffic policies.
The Pattaya Provincial Court, in March 2015, discovered them guilty and sentenced each of them to 4 years in prison, without suspension.
The 12 others who were included are Nisit Sinthuprai, Payap Panket, Worachai Hema, Wanchana Kerddee, Pichet Sukjindathong, Sakda Noppasit, Pol Lt Col Waipot Aparat, Nopporn Namchiangtai, Samrerng Prachamrua, Somyot Promma, Wallop Yangtrong and Singthong Buachum.
The top was restaged in Phuket later on in June, with a strong military guard guaranteeing the procedures were not disrupted for a 2nd time.
