BANGKOK : -- Appeals Court today rejected a petition by Luang Poo Buddha-issara calling for withdrawal of an arrest warrant issued by the Criminal Court on charge of obstructing election on January 26 early this year.
The activist abbot of Wat Ornoi
temple in Nakhon Pathom did not appear at the court to hear his appeal
decision but assigned his lawyer to the court instead.
He was charged by the police of
Thung Song Hong station in Bangkok for obstructing election when he led
anti-government protesters to encircle Lak Si district office on January
26 this year.
The Appeals Court reasoned that the
issuance of arrest warrant was under the jurisdiction of the Criminal
Court (court of first instance) in case of emergency.
It also said that if the
obstruction was proved later to have incurred damages, compensation
could then be demanded later by the police.
The court then retained
the arrest warrant for the abbot.
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