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Leaders of airport blockade charged; supporters at police station

(16 Jul 2009) 16 July 2009 1. Wide of Royal Police Sports Club with protesters around 2. Various of yellow shirt protesters chanting slogans 3. Close up of line of riot police 4. Wide of more protesters arriving 5. Police Lieutenant General Wutthi Phuwade talking to reporters 6. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Lieutenant General Wutthi Phuwade, lead investigator: "They (protest leaders) are coming today to show themselves as they have been asked by the process and then they may appeal against the charge, and we as investigating officials have to accept that and will consider what we will do next." 7. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Suwait Apaipak, lawyer from People's Alliance for Democracy: "Today, we will give the letter to the police to dispute all of the charges that are not true." 8. Wide of supporters cheering as Apaipak enters Police Club to meet police officials 9. Mid of police 10. Apaipak passing security, entering Police Club building 11. Protesters standing in front of stage cheering 12. Wide of protest leader Chamlong Srimeung addressing supporters 13. Wide of crowd 14. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Chamlong Srimeung, protest leader from People's Alliance for Democracy: "Anyone who went up to the PAD stage (at the airport) to give a speech are being charged as a terrorist. This is too bad." FILE: November 2008 15. Protesters inside Suvarnabhumi airport terminal 16. Various of protesters chanting slogans 17. Wide of protesters camped outside airport terminal 18. Wide of airport terminal with protesters outside 19. Various of planes on airport tarmac 20. Wide of stranded passengers 21. Wide of airport board showing cancelled flights 22. Various of passengers sleeping on airport benches STORYLINE: Hundreds of Thai "yellow shirt" protesters showed up at the Royal Police Sports Club in the capital Bangkok on Thursday to support their leaders who were charged with involvement in mass demonstrations that climaxed with the seizure of Bangkok's airports last year. More than 30 leaders of the "yellow shirt" protest movement face criminal charges including "terrorism, illegal assembly, attempts to stir unrest, and breaches of aviation law" for the eight-day siege of Bangkok's two airports in November and December. The leaders, including Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, where summoned to report to police on July 16 to hear the charges in Bangkok's Royal Police Sports Club. But Kasit had reported to police on Monday because he was on official duty abroad on the scheduled date. The protest leaders themselves were not present for the reading of the charges but were instead represented by lawyer Suwait Apaipak who met with police. Suwait told reporters that he would provide the police with a letter disputing all the charges which he claims are not true. The charges brought a controversy surrounding Kasit's appointment as foreign minister to the forefront as opposition members in Thailand's Parliament called for his resignation. Leaders of the "yellow shirt" protesters, or People's Alliance for Democracy, spoke at several rallies by the protesters, who sought to topple the previous government allied with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. They accused Thaksin, who was toppled in a military coup in 2006, of massive corruption and abuse of power. The protesters occupied the prime minister's office compound for three months and shut down Bangkok's airports. Kasit later hailed the blockade, which stranded more than 250-thousand travellers. Thailand was destabilised by months of protests by both supporters and opponents of Thaksin. Rioting in April left two dead and more than 120 injured. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...