Thai ex-PM Abhisit murder charge dismissed

A Thai court has dismissed murder charges against former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva linked to a bloody crackdown on protesters in 2010. Mr Abhisit was Thailand's leader when anti-government ‘red-shirt’ protesters blockaded Bangkok for 10 weeks. In the end the military moved to end the stand-off. Over 90 people, mostly civilians, died during the protests. Mr Abhisit was charged under the previous government, which has since been ousted in a military coup. The 2010 protesters supported Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister removed by the military in 2006. It was under his sister, Yingluck, that proceedings were brought against Mr Abhisit. However, Ms Yingluck's government - elected in 2011 - was removed in a military coup in May 2014. Earlier this month coup leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha was named prime minister, according to BBC.