Compensation and remedy claims sought by victims in criminal cases and wrongfully convicted people from the government have shot up, forcing the Justice Ministry to seek additional funds this year. Of them, 5,611 were victims or damaged parties, who received 294 million baht, and 31 were wrongly convicted defendants, who got 5.9 million. The central budget is at the disposal of the government, mainly for emergencies, disaster relief or other contingent expenses. A law was enacted 17 years ago to compensate for victims and wrongfully convicted defendants in criminal cases. If they die as a result of the prosecution, their descendants get 100,000 baht and compensations for funeral fees (20,000 baht), loss of caretakers (30,000 baht), others (30,000 baht).

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2018 08:31 UTC