Chaturon, Wattana and Chusak off the hook after prosecutors drop charges

Chaturon, Wattana and Chusak off the hook after prosecutors drop charges

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Public prosecutors have dropped charges of incitement to public unrest against two core members of the Pheu Thai party and the former strategy chief of the defunct Thai Raksa Chart Party.

Mr. Narinpong Jinapakdi, president of the Thai Lawyers Association, who represent the three accused, namely Mr. Chaturon Chaisaeng, ex-chief strategist of Thai Raksa Chart Party, Pheu Thai party’s legal advisory chief Chusak Sirinil and Mr. Wattana Muangsook, former social development and human security minister and a core Pheu Thai member, said he was informed of the prosecutors’ decision yesterday at the Office of the Attorney-General.

He said the prosecutors in charge of the case had carefully considered the petition for justice for the three accused and agreed that there were no grounds to proceed with the case, originally triggered by allegations from the now-defunct National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).

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