Director general of the Department of Special Investigation, Tharit Pengdit, revealed that the list of 83 businesses and people suspected of giving financial support to the recent red-shirt protests should be disclosed today. He said they will be summoned to report to his agency on June 28.
Tharit said 482 people have been charged with criminal acts linked to the red-shirt protests. A total of 161 have been arrested so far. Some of those have been released on bail.
The other 321, including ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, remain at large.
Four cases out of 155 have already been forwarded to the attorney general for deliberation on indictment.
The justice minister's secretary Colonel Feungwich Anirutthewa, revealed that 113 of suspects, including red-shirt core leaders, are being held in three different places. Sixty-seven are in the Bangkok Remand Prison, 37 are in the Klong Prem Prison and nine are in the Central Women's Correctional Facility.
Meanwhile, Pheu Thai MP Wichien Khaokham, another red-shirt core element charged with alleged terrorism, has postponed his appearance at the DSI headquarters originally scheduled for today. He claimed he needed to undergo a hernia surgery.
In a related development, political activist Doctor Tul Sitthisomwong along with a number of his supporters delivered a basket of flowers to the DSI chief to give moral support on his actions.
Doctor Tul advised Tharit to remove elements within his department who have posed obstacles to the investigations into cases on the red-shirt riots.
He also expressed disapproval against the suggested amnesty for instigators of the recent violence, saying their punishment should rest solely with the court's decision.
Tharit pledged to perform his duty transparently and confirmed that people in violation of the law must be arrested.
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of national security Suthep Thaugsuban said those who wish to contest the Center for the Resolution of Emergency Situation, or CRES's, blacklisting may produce documentation to prove their innocence.
On the Twitter postings of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Suthep said they are not based on facts and only designed to incite division in the Kingdom for Thaksin's own ends.
By: TAN network
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