BANGKOK, Jan 30 – The Criminal Court today accepted a complaint filed by the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) seeking legal action against the Department of Investigation (DSI) chief for malfeasance following his move to freeze the protest leaders’ bank accounts.

Suwat Apiyapakdi, a lawyer representing PDRC advisor Pipob Thongchai, petitioned the court this morning after DSI director-general Tarit Pengdith summoned 17 PDRC leaders for their role in leading political demonstrations and ordered commercial banks to freeze their assets in 28 local and foreign banks last December.

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