Chapter 1: Offence Against Liberty
Section 309. Extortion – กรรโชกท
Whoever extorts another person to do or not to do any act, or to suffer any thing by putting him in fear of injury to life, body, liberty, reputation or property of him or another person, or commits violence so that he does or does not do such act, or suffers such thing, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding three years or fined not exceeding six thousand Baht, or both.
If the offence according to the first paragraph be committed by making use of arms or by five persons or more participating, or it be committed in order that the compelled person shall execute, revoke, damage or destroy any document of right, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or fined not exceeding ten thousand Baht, or both./
If the offence be committed by alluding to the power of the secret society or criminal association, whether it be existent or not, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of one to seven years and fined of two thousand to fourteen thousand Baht.
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侵犯 (qīn fàn) – to infringe ละเมิด upon/violate
通信 (tōng xìn) – communications/correspondence
自由 (zì yóu) – freedom
罪 (zuì) – crime/offense
根据《中华人民共和国刑法》第二百五十二条的规定，侵犯通信自由罪是指隐匿、
根据 (gēn jù) – according to
《中华人民共和国刑法》(Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Xíngfǎ) – Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China
第二百五十二条 (dì èr bǎi wǔ shí èr tiáo) – Article 252
的 (de) – possessive particle
规定 (guī dìng) – provisions/regulations
侵犯通信自由罪 (qīn fàn tōng xìn zì yóu zuì) – the crime of violating freedom of communication
是指 (shì zhǐ) – refers to
隐匿 (yǐn nì) – to conceal/hide
毁弃或者非法开拆他人信件，侵犯公民通信自由权利，情节严重的行为。
毁弃 (huǐ qì) = destroy or discard
或者 (huò zhě) = or
非法 (fēi fǎ) = illegal/illegally
开拆 (kāi chāi) = to open (as in opening mail)
他人 (tā rén) = other people’s/others’
信件 (xìn jiàn) = letters/mail
侵犯 (qīn fàn) = to violate/infringe upon
公民 (gōng mín) = citizens
通信 (tōng xìn) = communication (especially through mail/correspondence)
自由 (zì yóu) = freedom
权利 (quán lì) = rights
情节严重 (qíng jiē yán zhòng) = circumstances are serious
的行为 (de xíng wéi) = behavior/act
侵犯通信自由罪侵犯的客体是公民的通信自由和通信秘密的权利。
通信自由指与他人进行正当通信的自由，通信秘密指为自己信件保守秘密，
不受非法干涉和侵犯的权利。所谓通信秘密，是公民个人写给他人信件，其内容不经写信人或收信人同意不得公开的权利。并不要求信件中写有秘密事项，但私自开拆他人信件本身就侵犯了公民的通信秘密权利，使公民的信件内容有可能被公开化，从而无秘可保。
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