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Sept 30, 2008
Galt's Take: NOTStickman
Running a Small Business in Thailand Local Culture/Non-Bar Girls Column Galt's Naughty Night Life Column
The Galt Wins ! The Galt Loses !
That's right, could it be any more unbelievable than this? My attorney is shocked. The ICT (Thailand's Ministry of Information Technology) is livid. The judges in this case decided to split the charges into two parts. They say for publishing criticism on the Internet, I am Not Guilty. They say for slandering of a Thai company, I am Guilty.
Imagine that.... I'm guilty of slander but of no way of distributing it. I was specifically charged with a computer based crime, but the computer was cleared. I was not. Staggers the imagination. One of the local police officers talked to my interpreter saying he would not know how to impose the penalty of the law because in slander cases the authorities typically confiscate the materials that were used to create the slander. But, in this case, he said this procedure could not be applied.
Has anyone ever heard of a precedent where a judge can alter the charges as they please? I have never heard of it. My lawyer has never heard of it. If the charges are changed, then I must be allow to defend myself differently as appropriate.
The effect of this split is that they have rendered the real law useless. I am told that ICT immediately called the judges and that ICT is on the war path because this back-door / end-around manipulation of the law is going to have significant repercussions in a handful of other cases already in progress elsewhere in the kingdom.
As for this case, we will appeal. We have very significant grounds for appeal. Ultimately, I will win out for other reasons that relate the Clayton's false testimony in court (which, I viewed as being very self-evident as he presented it).
Here is another very scary concept..... The law in this case was very very clear. The judges simply have decided not to follow it. Can there be anything more destructive to a society than this?
I was stunned in the court room today. I really was. Clayton would have reveled in it if he or his lawyer would have shown up for the verdict.
The judges also changed the penalty for this crime. Typically the law states that jail time is the appropriate punishment. A fine was levied against me for 100k baht (about $2,500 USD). I assume this is an award for Clayton.
Oh, people I'd like to give this topic a better treatment and tell you the whole story blow by blow, but I'm still knee deep in work. The LED industry is really starting to take off and I couldn't be happier about my business prospects. So, I'll try to pull away when I can to write up the story on case when possible.
One of the things I'm going to do in the coming year is upgrade my site with a notification option that will email you when I have published a new article. This will make it possible for you to know when there is new material here to view.
My thanks to all of you out there who have been supporting me in spirit. I will return. I promise.
Currently we were not publishing regularly, but we will be temporarily publishing articles to cover this new a evolving situation concerning claims of Internet slander and the litigation that is surrounding it. You can expect to see articles and updates throughout the month of February and March.
Feedback is not a main focus of this site but if your email to me it has value I'll consider the content for publication. You can contact The Galt at JohnGaltThailand@gmail.com
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