Bail fund set up for jailed reds

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2012
Bail fund set up for jailed reds

The Justice Ministry is set to secure a Bt43-million fund to be used as bail for 54 red-shirt protestors imprisoned since May 2010.

The first set of requests would be made from June 20 to various courts whose orders placed the group under custody, said ministry spokesman Ruenruedee Suwannamongkhol.
Doctors’ certificates would also be sought to certify that 10 of the detainees were mentally unstable, mostly from stress that they developed after being arrested. All 54 red shirts in jail will be considered for release regardless of any lese majeste charges they might face.