Cambodian arrested in Phnom Penh for spreading fake Thai news

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Cambodian arrested in Phnom Penh for spreading fake Thai news

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Cambodian caught for spreading fake news about Prayut
Bangkok Post
31 May 2018

- + A Cambodian man has reportedly been arrested in Phnom Penh after allegedly posting fake news about the Thai prime minister on the internet, while six Thais have been detained in Bangkok for sharing it, according to Thai police. Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn, deputy tourist police chief, told a briefing on Thursday that the Royal Thai Police's Technology Crime Suppression Division had obtained on Wednesday an arrest warrant for Ratanak Heng, 21, a Cambodian national.

Mr Ratanak was accused of importing into computer systems false information that may undermine national security or cause panic among the public under the computer crime law. If convicted, he will face a jail term up to five years and/or a fine not exceeding 100,000 baht.

The Thai police found him responsible for uploading in Cambodia a Thai-language article on May 23 saying Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had told Thais to fill their tanks with water instead of diesel when asked about high oil prices. The prime minister denied saying this.

Mr Ratanak allegedly ran the Thai-language ratstas.com news website.

The police also summoned on Thursday six Thais who allegedly shared the article. They are Thanavat Onwan, Roongroj Preecha, Prapasorn Sa-ubon, Jitapa Boontawee, Prapassorn Wanchuchit and Ratanon Chachana.

The six suspects faced the charge of knowingly propagating or forwarding false digital information that may damage national or economic security, or cause panic among the people. They all confessed to sharing the article but claimed they had no ill intentions.

Mr Ratanak, whose address is a printing and bitcoin office in Cambodia, is believed to be computer-savvy and to maintain anti-establishment views. His website frequently publishes false news, police said.

According to a Matichon Online report, Pol Maj Gen Surachet earlier coordinated with Cambodian authorities and Mr Ratanak had already been in custody. The Thai investigators, led by Pol Maj Gen Surachate, will go to Cambodia on Friday to confirm his identity.

If positive, they will proceed with extradition.
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Wow. Such amazing cooperation and efficiency. The deal has been done between Thailand and Cambodia. Shoe-throwers and facebook warriors in Thailand and Cambodia beware.
Murder suspects still seem to be ok.
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Cambodian Flown to Bangkok to Face Fake News Charge
June 2, 2018
Thai police filed criminal charges Friday against a Cambodian man who allegedly posted a false report about the Thai prime minister on his website, officials said.

Ratanak Heng, 21, was arrested on Thursday in Phnom Penh by Cambodian police at the request of the Thai government, Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakpal of Thailand’s Tourist Police told reporters.
Surachate said he took Ratanak under his custody before flying him to Thailand the same day.

The Royal Thai Police’s Technology Crime Suppression Division charged Ratanak with violating the country’s strict computer crime law after he allegedly uploaded on May 23 while in Cambodia a Thai-language post saying that Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha had lambasted Thais who complained about a recent hike in fuel prices.

Prayuth told Thai motorists to refuel their cars with water instead, according to the blog post.

Prayuth made no such comment, a Thai government spokesman said, and authorities ordered a quick investigation. Thai police said the false information might undermine the country’s national security.
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Update: The Cambodian man was not arrested, and he went to Thailand of his own free will, according to the authorities.

June 2, 2018
GRK denies extraditing a Khmer to Thailand
The Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia (GRK) denied claims made in the Bangkok Post that Heng Ratanak, a Cambodian citizen, was arrested in Phnom Penh and then turned over to the Thai police, who flew him to Thailand.

Mr Ratanak was accused of using his website to publicize untrue and defamatory statements about Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha on the website. This is “importing into computer systems false information that may undermine national security or cause panic among the public” under the computer crime law of Thailand.

He denies posting the spurious content because he cannot read or speak Thai.

It was reported that Maj. Gen. Surachate travelled to Phnom Penh to seek help from Cambodian National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha in locating and apprehending Mr Ratanak.

Be this as it may, Gendarmerie spokesman Eng Hy said that there was no arrest and no extradition on May 31. “A Cambodian [Mr Ratanak] voluntarily went to Thailand by airplane,” he said. He left at noon on that day to clarify the situation with the Thai police and is expected to return on June 2.
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