Abhisit, Suthep opt to stand trial in court

News > Local News

Abhisit, Suthep opt to stand trial in court

Published: 7 Dec 2012 at 15.47
Online news: Local News

Democrat Party leader and former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday that he will report to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Dec 13 to acknowledge the charge a charge of murder relating to the 2010 protests and was ready to prove his innocence in court.

He said this after accepting the department’s letter calling him in to acknowledge charges of authorising the killing of anti-government protesters by soldiers during the April-May 2010 violence in Bangkok.

Tarit Pengdit (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha)

This article is older than 60 days, which we reserve for our premium members only.You can subscribe to our premium member subscription, here.

Forum

Your comments

villaba
Post : 134
Send message

Discussion 4 : 07 Dec 2012 at 17.544
Post this to my Facebook
Abhisit must quietly be rather pleased at this opportunity the PTP have afforded him. Calmly riding out the witch-hunt, giving logical measured responses, indeed, he is becoming quite the statesman.
Like dislike 100 people liked / 22 people disliked this comment
bangkokbob
Post : 474
Send message

Discussion 3 : 07 Dec 2012 at 17.493
Post this to my Facebook
Once again, "I was just following orders" was the defense the Nazis used at the Nuremberg trials. The world did not accept that defense and they were found guilty. If the cRES orders were illegal, which I do not think they were, then unless Tarit and others stood up and said the orders are illegal and I can not follow them, then they are guilty too. Tarit has no shame.
Like dislike 92 people liked / 13 people disliked this comment
CSlewis
Post : 31
Send message

Discussion 2 : 07 Dec 2012 at 17.492
Post this to my Facebook
I think this move will backfire big time. Anyone, not wearing a red shirt, can see that this is a vindictive action - hardly a step forward to reconciliation. The Dubai fugitive has ordered his servants to persecute in the hope of getting a whitewash. Ain't gonna happen. How about the DSI opening an investigation into the 2,500 extra judicial killings ordered by squarehead...
Like dislike 96 people liked / 27 people disliked this comment
bkposter
Post : 1,342
Send message

Discussion 1 : 07 Dec 2012 at 17.441
Post this to my Facebook
"Both men face a charge of premeditated murder over the death of Phan Khamkong, a taxi driver shot during the deadly crackdown in 2010." I believe, and I think most people will agree that the "premeditated murder" charge is ridiculous. I do believe they were guilty of abusing their power to order the military to use deadly force to stop the demonstrations. I think they also should have known that they were sending very untrained soldiers to do crowd control and arming them with war weapons and totally ignoring proper crowd control measures. They should have realized that people would die.
Like dislike 35 people liked / 72 people disliked this comment

First Previous 1 2 3 4 5

Abhisit, Suthep opt to stand trial in court | Bangkok Post: news