Hackers protesting the sentencing of two Myanmar men in Thailand have struck for the second time this year, disabling many sites associated with the Thai court system, according to The Associated Press.
{mosads}The loosely affiliated group Anonymous said in a Facebook post that Wednesday’s attacks were in protest of the Dec. 24 death sentences given to two migrant workers convicted of murdering a pair of British tourists.
The posting claimed some 300 sites have been attacked, but that number has not been confirmed by Thai officials.
On Jan. 5, unknown hackers crippled about a dozen Thai police websites in protest of the sentencing.
Some of the hacked sites contained displays of the words “Failed Law,” “We Want Justice” and the hashtag #BoycottThailand, as well as the name of a Myanmar-based hacking group known as “Blink Hacker Group.”
A Thai court sentenced Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun to death on Dec. 24 in a case that has drawn allegations of police incompetence, mishandling of evidence and torture of the two suspects.
The workers have been convicted of the murder of two backpackers, Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, whose bodies were found on an island beach in September 2014.
In Thailand, trials have no jury and the sentence is delivered by a judge. The verdict has sparked protests in Myanmar that forced the Thai embassy in Yangon to close, as well as outcry on social media.
Protesters believe the two defendants are being used as scapegoats.