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Published on March 25, 2008

Pol Lieutenant Wattanasak Mungkitjakarndee, an investigator at Bang Mod Police Station, filed a complaint with Crime Suppression police accusing Jakrapob of violating Article 112 of the Criminal Code.

He presented a VCD recorded at the press conference by Jakrapob and his interview, with a translation from English to Thai, as evidence.

He said he bought the VCD from a foreign reporter for Bt600 and had a friend translate its contents into Thai.

Crime Suppression investigator Pol Major Chatuporn Ngamsuwitchakul said he accepted the evidence and would offer it to his superior for consideration. But he said the translation was not properly done, as he did not fully understand it.

Jakrapob denied the accusation, saying it was impossible that he committed lese majeste and he never had any intention of doing so.

He questioned if there was a political motive behind the police move, and the fact that Chatuporn was transferred from Bang Mod to Paholyothin Police Station and he had been an investigator into last year's protests outside the Si Sao residence of Privy Council chief Prem Tinsulanonda.

The Nation