Resistant group appeals over NCPO lawsuit

Resistant group appeals over NCPO lawsuit

Resistant Citizen Pansak Srithep, whose son was killed by a sniper on Soi Rang Nam during the red-shirt protests in Bangkok in 2010. (Bangkok Post file photo March 2015)
Resistant Citizen Pansak Srithep, whose son was killed by a sniper on Soi Rang Nam during the red-shirt protests in Bangkok in 2010. (Bangkok Post file photo March 2015)

The Resistant Citizen group on Wednesday asked the Appeals Court to order the Criminal Court to accept its lawsuit that accuses the National Council for Peace and Order of rebellion in staging the coup on May 22, 2014.

Four members of the group, led by Anon Nampha, submitted the petition through the Criminal Court to the Appeals Court.

On May 22, 15 members of the Resistant Citizen group led by Pansak Srithep filed a lawsuit against Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and four other members of the NCPO for alleged rebellion in violation of Section 113 of the Criminal Code by staging a coup on May 22, 2014 and taking over the country's administration.

The Criminal Court on May 29 rejected the lawsuit, reasoning that the NCPO members had been exempted from all legal offences relating to the seizure of  power by provisions in the 2014 interim constitution.

In its petition, the group asked the Appeals Court to order the Criminal Court to reverse its decision and accept the case for further legal proceedings. The petition argues that the Criminal Court had not examined the lawsuit, as required by Section 162 of the Criminal Procedures Code.

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