In a current ruling, the Criminal Court handed down a sentence to the director of Mongkutwattana Hospital, Major General Doctor Rianthong Nanna, convicting him of defamation offences against Sira Jenjaka, a former Bangkok MP for the Palang Pracharath Party.
Blacklisted features a jail sentence of five years and a penalty fantastic amounting to a hundred,000 baht. However, because of his historical contributions to neighborhood welfare, the court docket held the prison time period for 2 years, suspending judgement.
Moreover, the court prescribed the removing of all correspondence and content material found to damage the reputation of the previous MP from Rianthong’s Facebook posts. To make amends, he was ordered to problem a public apology in printed newspapers, with all costs related to this to be furnished by the hospital director in full.
Rianthong gained notoriety on May 7, 2021, for publicising a Facebook post, whereby he levelled accusations at Jenjaka. Rianthong alleged that Jenjaka, then a Laksi district officer, was intervening within the operations of a area hospital earmarked for Covid-19 affected person care, led by the hospital director.
This verdict accounts for the third of a complete of four instances derived from the litigations lodged by the former MP towards Rianthong, reported Bangkok Post.
In associated news, the Criminal Court final month discarded a case of defamation that had been lodged by the Move Forward Party (MFP), concentrating on Warong Dechgitvigrom, the chief of the Thai Pakdee Party. The ruling from the court was based mostly on the assertion that the defendant had acted inside his rights, making a critique that was deemed sincere and secured by the Constitution..