The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a reprieve to former senator Jon Ungphakorn, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission member Supinya Klangnarong and eight other activists by suspending their sentencing for two years for trespassing at the parliament in 2007. The suspension of a sentence is a form of reprieve, similar to a suspended prison sentence, probation and parole. The case was forwarded to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found that their offences were not serious and suspended the sentencing for two years. Supinya posted on her Twitter page that she would to voluntarily suspend herself from duty as an NBTC commissioner without pay after the Supreme Court's ruling.

Source: Bangkok Post March 15, 2017 11:26 UTC