Court acquits anti-Yingluck street protesters

Supporters of the defunct People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), including a Bangkok deputy governor, have been found not guilty of insurrection and other charges stemming from their anti-Yingluck Shinawatra government protests in 2013-14.

On Thursday the Criminal Court acquitted communications and marketing academic Seri Wongmontha, 70; former national reform councillor Sombat Thamrongthanyawong, 68; Sonthiyan Chuenruethainaitham, 57; and Bangkok deputy governor Sakontee Phattiyakul, 42.

Full story: Bangkok Post

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