NACC urged to reopen case against Abhisit and Suthep

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Relatives of some of the people killed in the 2010 red-shirt crackdown submitted a complaint letter on Monday to the Office of the Attorney-General, urging the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate the case of malfeasance against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his deputy Suthep Thaugsuban in connection with the incident.

 

The group, accompanied by lawyers Winyat Chartmontree and Chokchai Angkaew, submitted the letter in response to the Supreme Court’s decision last month to dismiss the case.

 

The court had reasoned that the matter was not in its jurisdiction, saying that the investigation should have been conducted by the NACC and the case brought instead to the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders.

 

The letter was received by the Attorney-General’s Office spokesman, Lieutenant Somnuek Siangkong.

 

“The Attorney-General will consider it and pass down orders,” he said. “As this is a crucial issue, I believe he will consider it and give an order quickly to ensure justice.”

 

Winyat, also the secretary-general of the United Lawyers For Rights And Liberty, said the Supreme Court’s statement should be legally binding and counted as new evidence.

 

He said the group had decided to bring the case to the Office of the Attorney-General so it could give an order for the NACC to take charge.

 

The lawyer also called for the NACC to disclose the case file against Abhisit and Suthep that it had dismissed in 2015 to show whether it had investigated the victims’ deaths.

 

The NACC might have dismissed the case because it did not consider the deaths and had focused only on the malfeasance case, Winyat said. However, he said the NACC should now also take into consideration the Supreme Court’s recent statement.

 

If the NACC ruled that Abhisit and Suthep were guilty of malfeasance, the red-shirt group also plans to bring to court the murder charge that was filed against them earlier.

 

Meanwhile, NACC president Pol General Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit said that if new evidence was presented, the case could be reconsidered. If not, it was impossible to reconsider the case, he said.

 

An examination of whether new evidence had been presented was underway, he said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30327039

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-19

Won't happen, they are to well connected to the current powers.  

There will be no justice here; time for the relatives to go home and make their peace the best they can.

 

The simple fact is that the PTB have decided that they will not accept any responsibility in this matter. They will blame the 'red shirts' and Thaksin for everything, not acknowledging their own role in those events. 

 

And the wound will fester...

 

 

Edited September 18, 20178 yr by Samui Bodoh

This is going nowhere. To all intents and purposes, any serious investigation into this is an investigation into the leading figures in the junta.

Murder is murder and that was you write the next bit

 

They will have to hang there heads in shame if they do not re open the case, as in time that court in the Hague might.

The National Anti Corruption Club, chaired by a police general, said:

"if new evidence was presented, the case could be reconsidered. If not, it was impossible to reconsider the case"

 

Yes, we all have to follow the rules created by our rulers, who are immensely wise and pure, which is why they rule over us, and we are underneath them. 

It is a shame to blame the then government for the incident. The bloodshed was caused by thaksin's red shirts' failed coupe, besieging parts of Bangkok for months. The only mistake the government made was not to finish it in time before threats of burning Bangkok and assaults on a hospital happened.

5 hours ago, wakeupplease said:

Murder is murder and that was you write the next bit

 

They will have to hang there heads in shame if they do not re open the case, as in time that court in the Hague might.

 

Don't be ridiculous. There is more chance of the ICJ re-opening the case against Thaksin for the murders during the war on drugs where approx 3k were illegally executed than a case where approx 90 were killed during a violent political insurrection.

 

And the chances of either case being of interest to the ICJ are lower than low.

1 hour ago, sweatalot said:

It is a shame to blame the then government for the incident. The bloodshed was caused by thaksin's red shirts' failed coupe, besieging parts of Bangkok for months. The only mistake the government made was not to finish it in time before threats of burning Bangkok and assaults on a hospital happened.

 

Indeed. Thaksin was investigated for inciting the violence after his televised speeches. The ones where he promised to be standing shoulder to shoulder when the first bullet was fired, and encouraged people to march on Bangkok bringing their kids with them. Then he pissed off to France to a nice luxury hotel and got his kids well away from Thailand!

 

Although the evidence was there for all to see, it was decided he couldn't be prosecuted as he made the speeches whilst physically outside Thailand!

 

Open the cases on all who had a hand in it, or none.

4 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Don't be ridiculous. There is more chance of the ICJ re-opening the case against Thaksin for the murders during the war on drugs where approx 3k were illegally executed than a case where approx 90 were killed during a violent political insurrection.

 

And the chances of either case being of interest to the ICJ are lower than low.

You sure about the 3k? Still relying on the controversial HRW report?

21 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

You sure about the 3k? Still relying on the controversial HRW report?

 

That's why I wrote approx. It is short for approximate. May have been more of course.

 

But let's not try and pretend it never happened or that thousands were executed. And executed by the police.

3 hours ago, sweatalot said:

It is a shame to blame the then government for the incident. The bloodshed was caused by thaksin's red shirts' failed coupe, besieging parts of Bangkok for months. The only mistake the government made was not to finish it in time before threats of burning Bangkok and assaults on a hospital happened.

But , but , but....Yawn !

4 hours ago, sweatalot said:

It is a shame to blame the then government for the incident. The bloodshed was caused by thaksin's red shirts' failed coupe, besieging parts of Bangkok for months. The only mistake the government made was not to finish it in time before threats of burning Bangkok and assaults on a hospital happened.

It's a shame to blame any of the junta/junta installed governments for anything at all, right?