Charter court files police complaint against four red shirts

Panya Udchachon, deputy secretary-general of the Office of the Constitutional Court, filed the complaint at the Crime Suppression Division asking that action be taken against Pongpisit Pongsena, Thanachai Sihin, Mongkol Nongbualamphu and Sornrak Malaithong. 

Panya also provided a recording of the rally as evi?dence.

The complaint accused the four of violating Articles 136 of the Penal Code in the speeches they delivered in front of some 200 red-shirt demonstrators. The group has been rallying since Monday to demand that all nine judges step down after the court agreed to review whether amendments to the charter were Constitutional or not. 

The complaint also said that the four group leaders referred to the judges’ work in a manner that affected their reputation, adding that the accused incited the crowd to hate the court and cause disturbance. 

In a related development, Democrat party-list MP Watchara Phetthong said he had written to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asking her to provide 24-hour protection for the judges. He said the pro?tection was necessary because the protesters threatened to harm the judges and burn down the courts.

Watchara also alleged that red-shirt TV stations and com?munity radio was being used to incite hatred toward the Constitutional Court judges.