Court hears final plaintiff testimony in case against 24 red-shirt leaders over role in 2010 protes

The protests led to a number of casualties and deaths as the government tried to reclaim seized public areas from the red-shirt protesters.
The 24 leaders, including familiar faces such as Natthawut Saikua and Jatuporn Promphan, were later indicted on charges of terrorism, sedition and illegal assembly against the emergency decree, which carry penalties of up to 10 years in jail.
The court today allowed the lawyer of the 24 leaders to question the last plaintiff witness, an official at the Department of Special Investigation, who testified about clips of Natthawut allegedly provoking violence.
Winyat Chatmontri, Jatuporn’s lawyer, said that more than 100 defence witnesses would be brought to court to give testimony in support of the 24 accused. 
The starting date for that phase of the court proceedings has not yet been set.