The City Court has decreased a case filed simply by political activists towards Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Deputy Primary Minister Prawit Wongsuwon and national law enforcement chief Suwat Jangyodsuk for allegedly overreacting to a street protest in central Bangkok almost two years ago.
7 people, most of them politics activists and students, took Gen Prayut, now suspended as premier over their tenure issue; Style Prawit, who is filling in as acting excellent minister; and Pol Gen Suwat to court in connection with the police operation to contain youth-led, anti-government protesters at Pathumwan intersection from Oct 14-16, 2020.
The court discovered the defendants got acted within their powers and duties in responding to the protest and decided to throw out the case.
The crowd containment was ordered below an emergency situation announced from Oct 15-22, 2020.
The plaintiffs experienced told the court the emergency announcement was unlawful as it was deemed an over-action that permitted law enforcement authorities in order to exercise power with whim in dispersing the protesters, closing mass-transit routes in order to protesters, and producing arrests.
The plaintiffs, including students from Mahanakorn University of Technology, Chulalongkorn University plus Thammasat University, stuck the petition with the Civil Court on Nov 27, 2020.
These people sought a court order for the plaintiffs to revoke the particular emergency declaration spend 3. 5 million baht in problems, plus 7% attention.
The particular protesters, led with the Ratsadon group, had been met with water cannons and tear gas, resulting in six injuries.