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Court issues arrest warrants for 7 Red Shirt leaders
BANGKOK, April 8 (TNA) – The Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for seven Red Shirt leaders including Arisman Pongruangrong in connection with storming Parliament on Wednesday.
The court said their action violated the law under the Emergency Decree for three counts -- intruding into a government office, detaining and causing others to lose freedom, and forcing others to do or not do something. Each count is punishable by up to five years in prison.
Thousands of demonstrators carried their protest to Parliament on Wednesday after learning that the Prime Minister and his cabinet were meeting there.
The red-shirted protesters led by singer-turned-activist Arisman broke through both the fence and a cordon of riot police, making their way into the Parliament compound, forcing the House session to end abruptly.
The prime minister however left the building long before the protesters arrived, while Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban and government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn and several Democrat MPs were later evacuated by helicopter.
Mr Arisman said that he only wanted to find Mr Suthep to question him about a firebomb which he said was hurled from inside the Parliament compound to protesters.
Mr Arisman added that the Red Shirts’ seizure of an M16 assault rifle and a 9mm handgun from the security detail at Parliament meant that the deployed security personnel are not unarmed as was earlier reported. (TNA)
The court said their action violated the law under the Emergency Decree for three counts -- intruding into a government office, detaining and causing others to lose freedom, and forcing others to do or not do something. Each count is punishable by up to five years in prison.
Thousands of demonstrators carried their protest to Parliament on Wednesday after learning that the Prime Minister and his cabinet were meeting there.
The red-shirted protesters led by singer-turned-activist Arisman broke through both the fence and a cordon of riot police, making their way into the Parliament compound, forcing the House session to end abruptly.
The prime minister however left the building long before the protesters arrived, while Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban and government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn and several Democrat MPs were later evacuated by helicopter.
Mr Arisman said that he only wanted to find Mr Suthep to question him about a firebomb which he said was hurled from inside the Parliament compound to protesters.
Mr Arisman added that the Red Shirts’ seizure of an M16 assault rifle and a 9mm handgun from the security detail at Parliament meant that the deployed security personnel are not unarmed as was earlier reported. (TNA)
