Decision in two months on whether to indict Abhisit and Suthep over riot deaths
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Public prosecutors have set August 26 to announce a decision on whether former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy Suthep Thaugsuban - now in the opposition Democrat Party - will be indicted for murder over the death of protesters durin
Winai Damrongmongkolkul, chief public prosecutor at the Office of Special Litigation, said this after receiving a file on the case from investigators Wednesday. Winai said he felt no political pressure to make a decision in the case but admitted it was difficult.
Department of Special Investigation deputy chief Pol Lt Col Wannapong Kotcharak, chief investigator of cases that involve deaths of people and security officials in the 2010 riots, handed over nine boxes with 11,242 documents as evidence and investigation files to prosecutors.
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