The maximum penalty for breaking the law is up to seven years of imprisonment. The charges were pressed against the two after seven key activists at a recent gathering were accused of allegedly breaking the same law. Anon reasoned that because he was occupied on Thursday with processing the cases involving his clients, he could not himself report to the police along with the other MBK 39 activists. Deputy Police Commissioner Srivara Ransibheamanakul said that the police would consider whether to issue a third summons or alternatively, arrest warrants, to the absent activists. Srivara said the police would propose that any bail requests made by the activists be rejected, should the court decide to detain them temporarily.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 08, 2018 07:52 UTC