Thailand's former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gestures during an interview with Reuters at the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, May 1, 2015. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for ordering a deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against his government in 2010.
More than 90 people were killed in the unrest, one of the bloodiest episodes in more than a decade of turmoil stemming from rivalry for power between populist former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the conservative establishment.
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