On 30th October, following failed court led negotiations, the Nakhon Pathom court ruled to put on hold further hearings in the US$10m civil defamation case filed against Andy Hall by Natural Fruit Company Ltd. regarding publication and launch of the Finnwatch report. The case will not now move forward until a verdict is deliverd in the defamation and computer crimes act charges filed against Hall by Natural Fruit at the Bangkok South Criminal Court, a case that will commence on 17th November. An additional US$4m civil defamation case filed against Hall by Natural Fruit at Prakanong Court regarding an interview Hall gave with Aljazeera will however move forward with a hearing at Prakanong Court on 21st November however.
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