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Prosecutors indict two foreigners for roles in recent riot
BANGKOK, June 17 (TNA, Agencies) - Prosecutors on Thursday indicted a Briton and an Australian for breaching Thailand's state of emergency by instigating chaos in relation to the Red Shirt protests, while the two men denied the charges.
Briton Jeff Savage, 48, and Australian Conor Purcell, 30, were earlier arrested for a gathering of more than five people with the Red Shirt protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and involving with unrest which occurred last month after the movement ended their month-long protest at Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection.
The two have been also accused of obstructing traffic and public daily life as well as breaching the security order.
The prosecutors at Bangkok's Pathumwan District Court indicted the two accused separately. Both men pleaded not guilty.
As no bail was requested for the two detainees, they were later sent for detention at Bangkok Remand Prison.
The court's next hearing is set to begin in August.
French news agency Agence France- Presse (AFP) reported that Mr Savage asked the court to deport him rather than proceed with legal procedures in Thailand. He said his case was political rather than criminal.
Thai police arrested Mr Savage after a video clip on the internet featured him saying he will set ablaze Thailand's biggest shopping mall, CentralWorld.
The Briton conceded he was at TV3 broadcasting station on May 19 when the Red Shirt protesters set the station afire, but denied his involvement in the incident.
Purcell was found to have delivered speeches on the Red Shirt rally stage which allegedly incited violence. The Associated Press quoted the Australian as telling the Thai court that he objected to staying in a jail cell like a criminal with rapists and murderers when he has not been accused of anything.
At least 89 people were killed and nearly 1,900 were wounded during clashes between soldiers and Reds s Shirt protesters during the group's ten-week demonstration demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the House.
The anti-government protests turned violent and finally ended on May 19 when the protest leaders surrendered to police and the disgruntled protesters set afire nearly 40 buildings in the capital, including CentralWorld, banks and the Stock Exchange of Thailand. (TNA, Agencies)
Briton Jeff Savage, 48, and Australian Conor Purcell, 30, were earlier arrested for a gathering of more than five people with the Red Shirt protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and involving with unrest which occurred last month after the movement ended their month-long protest at Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection.
The two have been also accused of obstructing traffic and public daily life as well as breaching the security order.
The prosecutors at Bangkok's Pathumwan District Court indicted the two accused separately. Both men pleaded not guilty.
As no bail was requested for the two detainees, they were later sent for detention at Bangkok Remand Prison.
The court's next hearing is set to begin in August.
French news agency Agence France- Presse (AFP) reported that Mr Savage asked the court to deport him rather than proceed with legal procedures in Thailand. He said his case was political rather than criminal.
Thai police arrested Mr Savage after a video clip on the internet featured him saying he will set ablaze Thailand's biggest shopping mall, CentralWorld.
The Briton conceded he was at TV3 broadcasting station on May 19 when the Red Shirt protesters set the station afire, but denied his involvement in the incident.
Purcell was found to have delivered speeches on the Red Shirt rally stage which allegedly incited violence. The Associated Press quoted the Australian as telling the Thai court that he objected to staying in a jail cell like a criminal with rapists and murderers when he has not been accused of anything.
At least 89 people were killed and nearly 1,900 were wounded during clashes between soldiers and Reds s Shirt protesters during the group's ten-week demonstration demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the House.
The anti-government protests turned violent and finally ended on May 19 when the protest leaders surrendered to police and the disgruntled protesters set afire nearly 40 buildings in the capital, including CentralWorld, banks and the Stock Exchange of Thailand. (TNA, Agencies)
