2007 PARLIAMENT PROTEST
Pro-military laws upset activists
- Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
A protest at the coup-installed parliament in December 2007 was aimed purely at stopping the enactment of laws that gave the military too much power and undermined the rights of the people, a court has been told.
First defendant Jon Ungphakorn and nine other activists have been accused of inciting unrest and violence after they climbed over a parliament fence and sat in the compound.
They wanted to stop the coup-installed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) from passing bills covering security, land and natural resources management during a protest in December 2007, he told the Criminal Court at Ratchada on Tuesday.
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