Ex-PM Abhisit Vejjajiva and former deputy PM Suthep Thaugsuban on Friday vowed to accept their fate over the charge of murder in the case of a taxi driver killed by military fire during the red shirt protests in 2010 but swore they would not compromise over an amnesty for former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
Abhisit and Suthep told a press conference that the charges against them were motivated by efforts to pressure them to allow Thaksin to be whitewashed by an amnesty bill.
The press conference was held after an official of the Department of Special Investigation, Pol Capt Piya Raksakul, came to the Democrat head office to hand over a summons for the Democrat leader and MP to meet DSI officials on Wednesday to acknowledge the charges.
The charges were issued following a recent court judgement that taxi driver Phan Kamkong was shot dead by military personnel during the operation against the protest in 2010.
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Article source: http://www.thethailandlinks.com/2012/12/07/abhisit-and-suthep-refuse-to-compromise-on-thakin-amnesty/
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