"2010 crackdown"

Red-shirt leaders and supporters met at the October 14 Memorial on Khok Wua intersection on Sunday afternoon to hold religious rites in memory of those killed in the April 10, 2010 crackdown.

Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday hit back against the red shirts, urging them not to turn the loss of life suffered in the 2010 crackdown under his administration into a “political game”.

Red shirts want cleared Abhisit and Suthep to be charged with malfeasance.

The red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) insisted that it would hold its press conference on Thursday regarding its bid to seek justice for the victims of the 2010 crackdown, and said it was not a political movement.

Re: “No need to reinvestigate 2010 crackdown-related cases: Prawit”, The Nation, yesterday.

There is no need to reinvestigate cases related to the 2010 crackdown against red-shirt protestors, which resulted in 99 people being killed, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan said on Tuesday.

Relatives of the victims killed in the 2010 crackdown have planned a symbolic activity tonight at Ratchaprasong Intersection to communicate to their spirits about the court decision on Thursday.

The Supreme Court has set the dates for witness testimony from both the plaintiff and defendant sides in the case concerning the violent crackdown on red-shirt demonstrators in 2010 under orders from the then Abhisit-led government.

Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday that the court ruling on the crackdown against yellow shirts in 2008 would not likely set a precedent. Nor would it compare with the 2010 crackdown on red shirt protesters by his government, as facts in each incident were different, he added.

EIGHT PEOPLE including Phayao Akhad – the mother of volunteer medic Kamonked Akhad who was shot dead at Pathum Wanaram temple during the 2010 political crackdown – were intercepted by police while joining the Walk for Justice near the temple yesterday, online news agency Prachatai reported.

The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) yesterday called on the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to review its decision to drop the case against those responsible for the bloody crackdown on red-shirt protesters in 2010.

THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday dismissed charges of malfeasance against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and others in connection with the crackdown on red-shirt rallies during the 2010 political protests.