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PAD leaders to be charged
2/07/2009

Charges will likely be laid against leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy PAD) in the next couple of weeks over the occupation and shutting down of Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports late last years, a senior police investigator said on Thursday.

Pol Lt-Gen Wuth Puawes, the chief investigator in the case, said a complaint backed by evidence had been laid against the PAD by the Aviation Department.�

Investigators were writing their case report and preparing to file charges, which would probably be in �mid-July.

He declined to reveal who among the PAD leaders would be charged.

Airports of Thailand (AoT) has estimated initial damage to its operations from the seizure of Bangkok's two major� airports at 540 million baht, excluding lost business opportunities.

Thousands of PAD protesters occupied Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports for about a week in December last year, demanding the resignation of the government of former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat.

bangkokpost.com

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