Court on Wednesday dismissed a request by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to revoke bail for the seven Red Shirt leaders, saying it was the jurisdiction of the Office of Attorney General to file the petition.

DSI chief Tharit Pengdit, on behalf of the chief investigator, petitioned the court to revoke bail for the seven Red Shirt leaders on grounds that they broke the conditions set by the court when they joined the rally on March 12.

The seven were detained and charged with terrorism in connection with the violence during the anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protests in April-May last year but were released on Feb 22 on the condition that they were forbidden from leaving Thailand without court permission and not allowed to join any political gathering which might incite chaos.

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