Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva charged with murder

BANGKOK, Dec 12 – Two conflicting groups demonstrated at the Criminal Court today as the Attorney General formally indicted the then prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for alledged premeditated murder in the 2010 anti-government protest.

Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban, co-defendant in the case, sought the court’s permission to report on January 16, reasoning that he was engaged in an obligation.

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