The Office of the Attorney General has set Sept 27 for an announcement whether 48 suspects will be indicted for rebellion and seven other offences in connection with anti-government demonstrations led by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in 2013-2014.
The 48 suspects include Suthep Thaugsuban, former PDRC secretary-general and Luang Pu Buddha Isara, the abbot of Wat Or Noy in Nakhon Pathom, along with other PDRC core members and five academics.
The OAG originally set July 27 for the suspects to report to prosecutors to hear the date for the indictment decision. But Mr Suthep and about 40 other PDRC members submitted a letter to the prosecutors seeking a postponement. The prosecutors agreed.
Only Phra Buddha Isara, who was accompanied by a lawyer, reported to the prosecutors on Wednesday morning.
Noppadol Boonsorn, a special cases prosecutor, told the monk to show up again on Sept 27 at 9am, when the prosecutors would formally declare whether or not they would indict the 48 suspects.
Sources said the prosecutors on May 8, 2014 agreed to indict 43 PDRC core members and five academics, who supported PDRC protests, on charges of rebellion, inciting unrest, illegal assembly of 10 and more people, and other related charges during their demonstrations to oust the government under then-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
The Office of the Attorney General ordered the Department of Investigation (DSI) to summons the 48 suspects for questioning and submit an investigation report on the case to the prosecutors for indictment.
The suspects were summonsed for questioning after the PDRC called off its street protests.
The statute of limitations in this case is 20 years.