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Public prosecutors defer decision on PAD 'Yellow Shirt' Government House takeover case again
BANGKOK, Oct 7 -- Thailand's Office of the Attorney-General (OAG), again postponed it decision whether to indict nine leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the 'Yellow Shirts', for seizing Government House in 2008, pending further investigation as requested by the accused.
Delivery of the decision has been rescheduled to December 7 at 10am.
Director-General Kaiyasit Pitsawongprakan of the Criminal Litigation Department said the OAG is still awaiting additional details of the case from the investigators after PAD leaders had asked police to investigate more points and police have not yet completed their examination of additional witnesses as requested by the suspects.
The prosecution has postponed many times its decision on indicting the nine suspects, most recently on April 22.
Mr Kaiyasit said the prosecutors will decide whether to proceed the case against the nine PAD leaders charged with taking over Thailand's seat of government to December 7.
The nine PAD leaders include Sondhi Limthongkul, retired Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang, Phiphob Thongchai, Somsak Kosaisuuk, Somkeit Pongpaibul, Chaiwat Sindhuwong, Suriyasai Katasila, Terdpoom Jaidee and Amorn Amornratananond.
All have been charged with illegal assembly and inciting unrest in violation of Articles 116, 215 and 216 of the Criminal Code over the seizure of Government House in August 2008 for 193 days.
In August, the OAG postponed its decision as to whether to indict nine PAD leaders, saying it was awaiting additional details of the case from the investigators after the PAD leaders had asked police for further investigation.
The PAD Yellow Shirts played a pivotal role in the movement to topple the Thaksin Shinawatra government, with protests leading to the military coup on September 19, 2006. The movement staged a series of street protests which led to the fall two successive governments -- those of Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat -- which it accused of being Mr Thaksin's proxies.
The six months of protests against the last government ended on December 3, 2008 after a court dissolved the ruling People Power Party (PPP). PAD protests reached their peak at the end of November when thousands of their supporters occupied Bangkok's two main airports for about a week, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers and causing huge economic damage.
The group only ended their siege after the PPP was dissolved over poll fraud charges related to elections they won one year ago, allowing the Democrats to win over former PPP lawmakers and small parties to form the government. (MCOT online news)
Delivery of the decision has been rescheduled to December 7 at 10am.
Director-General Kaiyasit Pitsawongprakan of the Criminal Litigation Department said the OAG is still awaiting additional details of the case from the investigators after PAD leaders had asked police to investigate more points and police have not yet completed their examination of additional witnesses as requested by the suspects.
The prosecution has postponed many times its decision on indicting the nine suspects, most recently on April 22.
Mr Kaiyasit said the prosecutors will decide whether to proceed the case against the nine PAD leaders charged with taking over Thailand's seat of government to December 7.
The nine PAD leaders include Sondhi Limthongkul, retired Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang, Phiphob Thongchai, Somsak Kosaisuuk, Somkeit Pongpaibul, Chaiwat Sindhuwong, Suriyasai Katasila, Terdpoom Jaidee and Amorn Amornratananond.
All have been charged with illegal assembly and inciting unrest in violation of Articles 116, 215 and 216 of the Criminal Code over the seizure of Government House in August 2008 for 193 days.
In August, the OAG postponed its decision as to whether to indict nine PAD leaders, saying it was awaiting additional details of the case from the investigators after the PAD leaders had asked police for further investigation.
The PAD Yellow Shirts played a pivotal role in the movement to topple the Thaksin Shinawatra government, with protests leading to the military coup on September 19, 2006. The movement staged a series of street protests which led to the fall two successive governments -- those of Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat -- which it accused of being Mr Thaksin's proxies.
The six months of protests against the last government ended on December 3, 2008 after a court dissolved the ruling People Power Party (PPP). PAD protests reached their peak at the end of November when thousands of their supporters occupied Bangkok's two main airports for about a week, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers and causing huge economic damage.
The group only ended their siege after the PPP was dissolved over poll fraud charges related to elections they won one year ago, allowing the Democrats to win over former PPP lawmakers and small parties to form the government. (MCOT online news)
