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UDD members acquitted of lethal grenade attack in 2010

Nicha Hiranburana Tuwatham attends a religious ceremony to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of her husband, Gen Romklao, at Wat Bowon Niwet on April 10, 2015. (Bangkok Post photo)

The Criminal Court on Monday cleared three former members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) of involvement in a grenade attack that killed five soldiers, including Col Romklao Tuwatham, and injured many others during the violent street protests against Abhisit Vejjajiva’s government in 2010.

The court acquitted Suksek Poltue, Pornkamol Buachatkhao, alias Kanokporn Siripannapirat, a former show host for Asia Update television, and Surachai Tewarat. 

The case was filed by state prosecutors and Nicha Hiranburana Tuwatham, wife of Col Romklao.

They were charged with causing explosions that…

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