Abhisit vejjajiva case on protesters
A Thai court has dismissed murder charges against former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva linked to a bloody crackdown on protesters in
Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been formally charged with murder in connection with a crackdown on demonstrators in.
BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thailand's Supreme Court on Thursday (Aug 31) dismissed a case against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for ordering a deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against his government in
More than 90 people were killed in the unrest, one of the bloodiest episodes in more than a decade of turmoil stemming from rivalry for power between populist former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the conservative establishment.
Mr Abhisit and his deputy, Suthep Thaugsuban, were accused of murder and attempted murder in connection with the crackdown on Thaksin's red-shirted supporters to end their two-month street protest in Bangkok.
The Supreme Court upheld rulings by lower courts that the police's Department of Special Investigation had no jurisdiction to bring the case.
It was brought in , before the government of Thaksin's sister, then prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, was ousted after weeks of at times violent anti-government protests by yellow-shirte