FLAWED POLICE INVESTIGATION WITHOUT PROSECUTOR
The Appeal Court decision was read at the Phra Khanong Court, the same venue that dismissed the original criminal defamation case on Oct 29, 2014 citing a flawed police investigation that did not include a Thai state prosecutor from the outset.
"We are relieved and glad about today's court decision and that the legality of the previous dismissal has been upheld. Case is now closed," said Sonja Vartiala, executive director of right-watchdog group Finnwatch, for whom Mr Hall authored a report.