Abhisit gears up to battle murder rap

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Abhisit gears up to battle murder rap

Former PM says charges are politically motivated

Published: 8 Dec 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says he would be ready to accept the death sentence if it was handed down to him as a result of the investigation into his government's crackdown on red-shirt protesters in 2010.

He was speaking after he and Democrat MP Suthep Thaugsuban were charged on Thursday by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) with authorising the killing of anti-government protesters during the April-May 2010 political violence in Bangkok.

Mr Suthep was deputy prime minister under the Abhisit government and headed the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES), which was set up to handle the protests.

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pheakdey
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Discussion 103 : 16 Dec 2012 at 10.37103
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I wonder why the Thais can't reconcile the difference and then move the country forward and let the government doing the business for the people. seemingly got stuck with the color codes. if there is no reconciliation soon, Thailand will head spiral downward for more chaos or even the civil war. the more I have read the commentators who wrote in the forum such as this one, it turn to be more ridiculous and too much hatred toward each other that is insane to me. after all you are fighting among your own selves. forget about one man that in abroad there will be time that he'll return back to Thailand then figure out of what to do with him next.
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Discussion 102 : 10 Dec 2012 at 13.57102
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" However when they surrounded Parliament the story was different. PAD leader Metha Chatmontri was killed when his car carrying explosives exploded near the Parliament building (11 Oct 2008)."

Who is calling who thugs? I constantly here these claims about the red shirts. The information leads to many men in black whom might have been PAD funded. Also many red shirts have already been convicted for their part in the violence. If you leave it to the ICC I'm afraid they will not accept the order to use live rounds on a civilian population.
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Discussion 101 : 10 Dec 2012 at 10.30101
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Abhisit HAS accepted the charge and elected to go to the court and fight it. Unlike like your superhero Thaksin both Abhisit and Suthep are willing to stand on their principles and remain in the country.
If you cannot understand that or their reasoning then I can understand why you are a Thaksin/PTP supporter.
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Discussion 100 : 10 Dec 2012 at 10.14100
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Disc 95 - "intelligent man does not accept a scam called "reconciliation"" I agree Abhisit's "roadmap for national reconciliation" was a total scam and you didn't even have to be all that intelligent to see through the PR stunt.
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Discussion 99 : 10 Dec 2012 at 05.4199
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android - "Thanks for sharing the view that the then Somchai government had taken a humane approach to deal with the PAD protestors."

Not really, the protesters were not carrying weapons of war and using them like reds did in 2010. The government shut the airport down more to make the PAD look bad than any real need to.
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brilliant
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Discussion 98 : 09 Dec 2012 at 22.2798
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ricefield - I have over 20 pages of hate messages from reds. I don't wear it like a badge, I'm embarrassed that they have to resort to the petty hatred they display and won't do on the main comment board.
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Discussion 97 : 09 Dec 2012 at 21.5197
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Unless too many pastry boxes justice will prevail and expose the fugitive as a terrorist leader.
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Discussion 96 : 09 Dec 2012 at 14.2796
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Discussion 91 bluebkk : every expats here do pay their tax to the thai government. They make tax contribution to the country's revenue by buying automobiles, real estate properties, and even the 7% sales vat in Mcdonald and Big C. Besides, their remittances into thailand constitute quite a large portion of the government revenue income. You are not the only few tax payers in thailand.
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Discussion 95 : 09 Dec 2012 at 12.3295
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Discussion 88&89..Somewhere I have to admire you for turning things around...Tida or Jatuporn could not beat you at this game! An honorable and intelligent man does not accept a scam called "reconciliation" which main purpose is to whitewash the theft of tens of billions from me and you ( IF you pay taxes in Thailand that is) Second...it DID work to replace the inefficient watermelon police to clean the streets from a bunch of violent mercenary terrorists and restore law and order for hard working people...
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Discussion 94 : 09 Dec 2012 at 09.5494
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brilliant D 79

A 'witch hunt' which based on historical precedence will result in the witches getting off on a technicality.
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