{"id":4215,"date":"2025-12-13T06:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T06:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/112watch.org\/a-thai-refugee-in-australia-on-her-lese-majeste-case\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T06:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T06:26:01","slug":"a-thai-refugee-in-australia-on-her-lese-majeste-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/112watch.org\/th\/a-thai-refugee-in-australia-on-her-lese-majeste-case\/","title":{"rendered":"112WATCH \u0e2a\u0e31\u0e21\u0e20\u0e32\u0e29\u0e13\u0e4c \u0e20\u0e31\u0e04\u0e20\u0e34\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e32 \u201c\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e21\u0e1a\u0e39\u201d \u0e41\u0e01\u0e49\u0e27\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e22\u0e4c \u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e25\u0e35\u0e49\u0e20\u0e31\u0e22\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e23\u0e32 112 \u0e43\u0e19 \u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e40\u0e15\u0e23\u0e40\u0e25\u0e35\u0e22 \u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e49\u0e19\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e27\u0e34\u0e15\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e40\u0e25\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e01"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Phakpinya 'Bamboo' Kaewmat\" src=\"https:\/\/112watch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Phakpinya-'Bamboo-Kaewmat.jpg\" alt=\"Phakpinya 'Bamboo' Kaewmat\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h1>112WATCH interviews Phakpinya &#8216;Bamboo&#8217; Kaewmat, a Thai refugee in Australia on her l\u00e8se-majest\u00e9 case<\/h1>\r\n<p>The former librarian and musician recounts that her political journey began with a &#8220;small curiosity&#8221; over government scandals, leading to a severe Article 112 charge filed in a remote province-a punitive legal mechanism designed to create extreme hardship.\u00a0December 13, 2025<\/p>\r\n<p>She managed the psychological toll by accepting her suffering and affirming her free will, but the key turning point for seeking asylum was the formation of the 2023 cross-caste government, which signalled the complete politicisation of the judiciary through the systematic denial of bail to Article 112 defendants. 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