Two red-shirt protesters acquitted in CentralWorld arson
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The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court, citing the benefit of doubt, Monday acquitted two red-shirt protesters charged with committing arson that led to a death.
The court was not convinced by testimonies provided by security guards and employees of the CentralWorld shopping complex, who acted as the prosecution’s witnesses.
But the court found that the defendants Saichon Paebua, 31, and Pinit Channarong, 29, violated the state of emergency law in effect at the time of the 2010 protest.
The two men were accused of taking part in an arson attack on the World shopping complex on May 19, 2010, the day that the red-shirt leaders called an end to an anti-government rally that began in mid-March that year.
The Nation
