Special centre set up to deal with cases against Abhisit, Suthep
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The Department of Special Investigation has set up a centre tasked with handling the cases involving Democrats, Abhisit Vejjajiva and Suthep Thaugsuban in connection with deaths and injuries in the 2010 political mayhem.
Some 2,000 people injured during the violence will file charges against Abhisit and Suthep,” DSI director general Tarit Pengdith said. The two will face three types of charges: ordering the killings, attempted murder and physical assault, he said.
The DSI will treat all cases involving the two in a batch instead of treating them as individual cases, he said.
After the injured victims file their complaints, the DSI will take statements and collect evidence before combining the reports on all related cases for the prosecution review in order to expedite the legal proceedings, he said.
For example, for the Phan Khamkong case in which the two have already been charged for ordering the killing of the taxi driver, the DSI was preparing to file additional and related charges. These cover attempted murder and physical assault and are in connection with the injured van driver in the same case.
The DSI has scheduled a next meeting on December 27 to monitor progress. Public prosecutors and police are expected to attend the meeting.
Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Maj Gen Anuthai Lekbamrung is in charge of assisting the DSI collect evidence on the cases.
