Thaksin hires war crimes lawyer to probe dispersal of red-shirt protests

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has hired war crimes lawyer Prof GJ Alexander Knoops to investigate on the dispersal of red-shirt protesters in Bangkok, according to a statement from his legal advisor.
International lawyer Robert Amsterdam announced Monday that Knoops has joined the international legal team investigating the Thai Government's "killing of 80 pro-democracy demonstrators and onlookers in Bangkok in May and April".
"Professor Knoops, of Knoops & Partners, is a world authority on war crimes, state crimes against humanity and genocide. He is working on cases before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra-Leone, established by the United Nations and the Government of Sierra-Leone to "try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996," Amsterdam said in a press statement.
"On several occasions in April and May, the Thai Government opened fire with live ammunition on the pro-democracy demonstration, killing at least 80 people, including onlookers and at least one foreign journalist, and injuring more than 1,000. Since May 19, the government's military has arrested at least 140 members and supporters of the pro-democracy red shirts and its United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) party. At least one Australian citizen, Conor Purcell, 30, and one British citizen, Jeff Savage, 48, have been arrested," the statement alleged.
The Nation