[1][2][3] In February 2021, he was found guilty of insurrection during protests that led to the 2014 coup d'état.

In 2010, he was appointed to the position of Assistant Minister of Industry and Deputy Spokesman of the Prime Minister's Office In the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, in conjunction with his tenure as Executive Director of the Democratic Party.

[8] In the Thai 2013–2014 Thai political crisis, Puttipong was one of 9 Democrat Party MPs who resigned from their membership and executive committee and became one of the leaders of the People's Democratic Reform Committee to protest Yingluck Shinawatra government.

In February 2019, Puttipong resigned from the position of the political office to run for election in the name of the Palang Pracharat Party.

On 24 February 2021, the Criminal Court sentenced Puttipong to imprisonment for seven years, resulting in him immediate termination as the Minister of Digital Economy and Society.