Petition to prosecute PDRC figures

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Petition to prosecute PDRC figures
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Free Thai Legal Aid (FTLA) lawyer Winyat Chatmontri yesterday filed a petition with attorney-general Trakul Winitnaiyapak to expedite prosecution against Suthep Thaugsuban and other leaders of the now-defunct People's Democratic Reform Committee on charges of sedition and election offences.

The FTLA had accused the PDRC of breaking the laws from November 23, 2013, to April 5 last year by shutting down government offices, blocking elections and pressuring democratically elected prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to quit.

Winyat said the Department of Special Investigation had sought the attorney-general's decision to indict 58 PDRC leaders and members on nine charges, but only four people had been indicted for sedition and violating election laws.

The four people who are standing trial are Sonthiyan Chuenruthainaitham, Sakolthee Pattiyakul, former dean of the National Institute of Development Administration Sambat Thamrongthanyawong, and Seri Wongmontha.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Petition-to-prosecute-PDRC-figures-30269933.html


-- The Nation 2015-10-01

[BuckBee]

Buck suthep should be behind bars, the man is a cheat & a fraud, well most who in government/police/army in thailand are same unfortunately but suthep is a real bad apple ...

[zaphod reborn]

They finally got convictions on the 2008 airport occupation. They still need to prosecute all those involved in organizing the 2010 red shirt riots and then move on to PDRC leaders who organized the 2013-14 occupation of Bangkok. These incidents all share a common violation of the law - a public demonstration that interfered with government functions. Thailand's perpetual political crises are fed by the failure to immediately prosecute these crimes, because they encourage continual illegal street protests. While Thailand had the world's strongest protections that gave people the right to protest, the law also makes it a crime to interfere with government functions. All three of these protests resulted in disruption of government services and required a quick prosecution to deter further exploitation of the constitutional right of protest. But, because the protests were followed by having friendly governments come to power, they were never properly and quickly prosecuted.