The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) forwarded a case involving a widely known university scholar who administered a covert group sharing express youngster content material. The individual circulated the illicit material and marketed it for sale to minors underneath 18 years of age on the Line platform, with costs starting from 150 to 500 baht (US$4 to US$14). This data was revealed at present.
The DSI’s Technology and Information Case Department initiated the proceedings yesterday. The defendant in query had been present in possession of explicit youngster materials, which was then marketed for sale on the Line platform.
This case follows an incident on August 14, where the Child Sexual Exploitation Crime Center (CSECC), led by Yotsan Rungsrangamsiri, Deputy Director of the Technology and Information Case Department, raided and arrested a 19 12 months old Thai male pupil from a university in Pathum Thani.
He was found to be in possession of an enormous quantity of express baby content, at least 5,000 files, displaying children at school uniforms from primary to secondary stage, all disseminated on the Line platform, reported KhaoSod.
The DSI charged him with possessing explicit youngster content material for his personal or others’ sexual gratification, for industrial purposes, or distribution.
Prison sentence
This crime, under the Thai Penal Code, Articles 287/1 and 287/2, and the Computer Crime Act, B.E. 2550 (2007), is punishable by imprisonment for a time period of 3-10 years, or a fantastic of 60,000 to 200,000 baht. The platform in query had a major number of users and a large sum of money circulating within it.
Further investigations by the DSI revealed a selection of links to different individuals who additionally possessed express child content material for their very own or others’ sexual gratification.
The DSI is continuous to increase its investigations. The public is warned that the possession of explicit youngster content for one’s own or others’ sexual gratification is punishable by imprisonment for a time period of 5-7 years or a fine of up to a hundred and forty,000 baht.
If the possession is for commercial purposes or for distribution, the punishment is 3-10 years of imprisonment or a nice of 60,000-200,000 baht under the Thai Penal Code, Articles 287/1 and 287/2.
Accredited urges anyone with data or proof associated to youngster sexual exploitation or the distribution of express youngster content to report it to the relevant authorities for additional motion. Reports may be made through the DSI’s website www.dsi.go.th or through the DSI’s hotline, 1202, which is a free nationwide service.
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