'Step forward' in 2010 crackdown cases: NACC
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The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has received documents from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on the anti-government protest crackdown in 2010 that resulted in 91 deaths, NACC member Vicha Mahakun said yesterday.
The submission of the documents represents a step forward in the investigative process, said Vicha, who chairs the special panel working on the protest crackdown cases.
He promised more clarification on the matter by next week, when the subcommittee is scheduled to hold a meeting. The NACC, however, may require some time to scrutinise on cases since the new documents comprise over 30 cases with increasing complexity, Vicha said.
But these are the final set of documents, he said, and the NACC may not require any more from the DSI.
In April and May, 2010, the protest crackdown resulted in confrontations between the military and the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship protestors, who had been calling on the government to step down. Apart from the 91 deaths, the series of clashes resulted in more than 2,100 injuries.
