Darunee to surrender to police today, reds say

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2011
Darunee to surrender to police today, reds say

Fugitive red-shirt Darunee Kritboonyalai will turn herself in to police today, and other wanted leaders still at large will follow suit later, Pheu Thai MP and red-shirt leader Natthawut Saikua said yesterday.

Natthawut said other fugitive red shirts like Arisman Pongruangrong, Jakrapob Penkair, and Jaran Dittha-apichai would surrender later but he did not know exactly when. Jaran is believed to have returned to Thailand.
On Sunday, Darunee crossed the border from Cambodia in her car. She was fined for having failed to complete the usual immigration procedure when leaving the country.
After dispersal of the red-shirt protests last year, some leaders surrendered to police to face charges of terrorism in connection with the unrest and riots, but many fled across to Cambodia.
Darunee would turn herself in at Lumpini police station, her lawyer Karom Polthaklang said. She had received a summons for her arrest, not an arrest warrant, he said.
Unlike other red shirts, she has not been charged with terrorism but is accused of violating the Internal Security Act, according to Department of Special Investigation chief Tarit Pengdith.