Court reject’s MP’s petition

The Constitutional Court yesterday rejected a petition by Rukchanok Srinork, a Bangkok MP of the main opposition Move Forward Party, seeking a decision on whether Section 14 of the Computer Crime Act is against the constitution.

The court received the petition via the Criminal Court which was hearing a case against Ms Rukchanok.

She is on trial in the court for allegedly violating the 2007 Computer Crime Act and lese majeste law, offences which stemmed from a tweet she posted in July 2020 criticising the then Prayut Chan-o-cha government over what she believed was a monopoly of Covid-19 vaccine stock. She was also accused of making a statement venting displeasure at the monarchy.

The MP, who was at…