Abhisit, Suthep to face more charges

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Abhisit, Suthep to face more charges

Published: 18 Dec 2012 at 17.36
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The Department of Special Investigation is pondering also bringing attempted murder and bodily assault charges against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy Suthep Thaugsuban, DSI chief Tarit Pengdit said on Tuesday.

Mr Tarit said that in addition to those killed, about 1,500 people were injured in the government action against United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship protesters during April-May 2010. About 700 of them were seriously hurt.

For the 700 seriously injured, the DSI was considering filing attempted murder charges against the two Democrats. They might also face assault charges for hurting the others.

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ricefield
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Discussion 22 : 19 Dec 2012 at 06.3422
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Disc 21 - Just to add a bit to what you said as I sort of agree with parts. The Democrats moved slowly on the protesters knowing the majority of the public didn't vote for and just didn't support their government. That was subsequently born out by the results of the election. They were in a catch 22 situation where those in Bangkok were calling for the UDD's heads to roll and those in the provinces were totally against the formed coalition government. In the end someone had to give the orders for the use of deadly force and the use of live ammunition in contravention of International Crowd Control Standards and Abhisit was the head honcho.
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Discussion 21 : 19 Dec 2012 at 05.4221
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Furthermore; Abhisit's charges all stem from a single incident which was complicated in assigning culpability and was quite obviously a set up by the UDD since a similar tactic (viz holding a city hostage for 6 weeks with your own armed militia) would not have been tolerated by any other govt and is likely to be thrown out of court. His too are politically motivated but the devil is in the details and of course the Thaksin apologist will forever blame it all on a biased set of judges regardless of the depth of their verdict & explanations justifying their decision. It boils down to two completely different interpretations of what is 'justice'
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Discussion 20 : 19 Dec 2012 at 05.3720
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To be clear, the charges against Thaksin are numerous and encompass multiple ethical failings during his time as prime minister including several instances of serving personal interests, and only a trul 'friendly' set of judges would find him not guilty if you consider the evidence presented to the public. It should be noted that the one case that is keeping him out of the country is a retroactively applied new law that denied him appeal, so it's reasonable for him to describe that as 'politicAlly motivated', but I'm convinced the land case wouldn't be any different in a British court.
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Discussion 19 : 18 Dec 2012 at 23.1519
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More charges against AV and Suthep means that they are one further step closer to behind bars.
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Discussion 18 : 18 Dec 2012 at 22.3018
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I thing the judges will reject the murder cases presented by Tarit. This is because the crackdown on the armed red shirts protesters has to be analyzed globally and before any individual incidents. The judges have to begin with the first question for Abhisit and Tarit: “Was the crackdown necessary?”
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Discussion 17 : 18 Dec 2012 at 22.3017
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Sorry but I had to laugh. This guy is writing new sketches for Monty Python?
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Discussion 16 : 18 Dec 2012 at 22.2116
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Disc 13 - "The charges against Thaksin WERE almost certainly politically motivated... But he IS guilty". Well he is now because the Junta changed the law and used it retroactively but WAS he guilty BEFORE the changes.
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Discussion 15 : 18 Dec 2012 at 21.1915
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I don't think politically motivated will hold up in court.
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Discussion 14 : 18 Dec 2012 at 20.5714
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Aphisit and Suthep are protected by Law from being found guilty, so this is just a waste of time. The aim is surely just to appease the Red Shirts so as to keep them supporting Thaksin altogether, and to damage the pair's reputation. Ironically, I think that charging them like this will sully Thaksin's reputation even more and turn more and more people against his return. He might even lose the Referendum as a result.
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Discussion 13 : 18 Dec 2012 at 20.5013
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Disc10 BKPoster... The charges against Thaksin WERE almost certainly politically motivated... But he IS guilty.
He presumed (like so many other rich elite) that he was above the law and beyond prosecution.
But he made enemies who made sure that his efforts to stall/usurp the justice system wouldn't succeed.

You see, your problem is you think popularity is enough to avoid justice. And that 'other people are corrupt' is a defence. You are wrong on both counts.
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