Thailand's PAD leaders escape treason charges
11-OCT-2008 Intellasia | ABC News
Oct 11, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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| Anti-government protester listens to their co-leader at Government House in Bangkok on Thursday Oct. 9, 2008. Leaders of Thailand's anti-government protesters said they will surrender to police after a court dropped treason charges against them, but vowed to continue their sit-in at Government House.
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Thailand's appeals court has ruled the leaders of an ongoing anti-government protest will no longer face treason charges.
The court revoked the treason charges, which carry the death penalty, against the nine men from the People's Alliance from Democracy (PAD).
The PAD has been protesting against the government for more than four months.
The men will still face charges relating to breaching the peace.
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| Anti-government protesters listen to their co-leader at Government House in Bangkok on Thursday Oct. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn) |
The group has brought together thousands of protesters to demand that the government step down.
This week, the police fired tear gas and smoke grenades into the crowd, when protesters surrounded Parliament House during a key policy debate.
The protesters object to the government's close ties to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who fled a corruption trial in August.
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