New online shopping-fraud court accepting cases

The Civil Court’s new online shopping division will start accepting fraud cases for consideration on Thursday, Office of the Judiciary spokesman Sorawis Limparangsi said on Wednesday.

Mr Sorawis said acting Civil Court chief justice Pat Wiphumirapee, of the Supreme Court bench, had issued an announcement officially opening the online shopping division from Jan 27.

The online shopping division provides a channel for victims of online fraud to file cases against alleged offenders through an e-filing system, free of charge.

Damaged parties can start filing their cases from Jan 27. The official opening ceremony will be broadcast live on Thursday on a Facebook page.

Mr Sorawis said after the opening the Office of the Judiciary will sign an agreement of cooperation with the Consumer Protection Board, the Electronic Transactions Development Agency, the Food and Drugs…