Data source
Date of text
14 Nov 2012
Country
Seat of court
Bangkok
Original language

Thai

Type of text
National - higher court
Reference number
Decided Case No. A. 711/2558
Court name
Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand
Sources
InforMEA

The plaintiffs were travelling to assemble at the meeting venue of the cabinet, in order to appeal the cabinet’s decision approving the Thailand-Malaysia Gas Pipeline project. The police force obstructed the plaintiffs on the way to the venue and persuaded the plaintiffs to change the place of assembly. After the negotiations failed, the police used force to dissolve the group of plaintiffs and other demonstrators. The court found that the assembly was peaceful and the act of the police was committed without legitimate ground. The act thus constituted the violation of the right of peaceful assembly and tort, and the defendants had to pay compensation to the 1st – 24th plaintiffs in total of 100,000 THB.