Thai PM could face murder charges
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra could face murder charges after relatives of two anti-government protesters who died following clashes with police filed a complaint with a criminal court, a lawyer said Tuesday. The protesters were among six people -- including two policemen -- who died after an outbreak of violence on February 18, which saw barrages of gunfire and at least one grenade thrown at police in Bangkok's historic heart as officers tried to clear a protest site near Government House. Under Thai law the court will now have to decide whether the complaints are strong enough to warrant trial, lawyer Chaiwat Sittisuksakul told the news agency. The broad daylight bloodshed, just yards from the city's backpacker zone, was the deadliest episode in four-months of protests aimed at ousting Yingluck and her government, according to AFP.