The second charge carries a punishment of up to three years jail and/or a fine of up to Bt60,000. Piyarat Chongthep, 25, walked into the polling booth in the capital's Bang Na district in a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "No Coup". and tore his ballot into two pieces.He was then arrested and sent to Bang Na Police Station.Piyarat said he tore the ballot up because he disagreed with the referendum process. After receiving the ballot, he shouted "Doom the Dictatorship, Thrive the Democracy!" "When the university lecturer's case went to the Supreme Court, he received a guilty verdict," Somchai said.He said the university lecturer got a suspended jail term, lost his electoral rights for five years, plus a fine of Bt2,000.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 07, 2016 13:30 UTC