THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Four red shirts sentenced over City Hall arson attack

Four red shirts sentenced over City Hall arson attack

Khon Kaen's provincial court yesterday sentenced four red-shirt protesters to between three and 13 years in jail for their role in an arson attack on the provincial City Hall five years ago.

Adisai Vibulsek and Jirattragul Sumaha were sentenced to 13 years in prison each after court found them guilty of trespassing into a government office and violating the emergency decree. 
Suthut Singbuakhow was sentenced to three years in jail, while Udom Khummoon to three and a half years for trespassing on a government office and flagrantly violating the law. Udom is currently serving time at Khon Kaen Prison for a separate arson attack on the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand’s local office. 
Public prosecutors said that on May 19, 2010, during the political unrest, the defendants violated the ban on assemblies of 10 or more people, committed coercion and physical assault and set fire to public property. 
Lawyer Boonyong Kaewfainok, who represents the defendants, said yesterday that he would discuss the option of applying for bail and appealing the ruling with his clients’ family members. 

 

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