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Sources say that when Anon Nampha and Panupong “Mike” Jadnok were initially arrested in September, the palace gave a direct order (ใบสั่ง) via ประธานศาลฎีกา (president of Supreme Court) to inform the Criminal Court (ศาลอาญา) that bail should not be granted. 2/8However, the message was not clearly delivered and Anon and Mike eventually got bail.
So earlier this month the palace sent the message again, this time via องคมนตรี นุรักษ์ มาประณีต (privy councillor Nurak Mapraneet) to ประธานศาลฎีกา that bail is absolutely prohibited. 3/8
Once again the message did not fully get through, or some brave judges chose to ignore it, because on September 19, ศาลอุทธรณ์ภาค 1 (the court of appeal region 1) granted bail to Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul, Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak and Nutchanon Pairoj. 4/8This provoked a furious reaction from the palace. Rung and Penguin were swiftly rearrested and have been denied bail ever since. 5/8
Judicial sources say that while judges tend to be overwhelmingly royalist, many of them revered King Bhumibol but have no respect for King Vajiralongkorn. 6/8Some sympathise with the protest movement. However, they face severe consequences for their career if they approve bail for any protest leaders. 7/8It’s possible that the palace changes its stance to try to claim the king has decided to be merciful, but for now it looks highly unlikely that any protest leaders will get bail.
The monarchy is once again directly interfering in the justice system. 8/8
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