DSI files two more charges against Abhisit, Suthep
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The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday slapped former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban with two more charges relating to the 2010 red-shirt crackdowns.
Abhisit and Suthep were summoned to hear the charges at the DSI’s head office. Suthep was director of the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) during the 2010 unrest.
Tarit Pengdith, director-general of the DSI, said the two were charged with conspiring with others to take actions that could be expected to lead to murder in connection with the killing of a boy, Kunakorn Srisuwan.
The other charge was conspiring with others in actions leading to attempted murder in connection with the attack on Samorn Maithong, which left him seriously wounded.
Abhisit and Suthep met with DSI investigators for over an hour and then left without giving interviews to reporters.
Tarit said the two suspects were cooperating well with investigators and the DSI would wrap up the two probes and send its report to state attorneys within one month for prosecution.
Tarit said the boy was killed and the man wounded when troops were deployed by the CRES to disperse the red-shirt protesters three years ago.
The DSI was waiting for the Criminal Court to complete its inquests into more deaths during the May 2010 operations before deciding whether to press more charges against the two, he added.
