Amsterdam & Peroff: "Thailand Lacks Creditability to Investigate Bangkok Killings"

PARIS, June 10, 2010 - The panel established by the Thai authorities to investigate the violence
against protestors in Bangkok over the period March to May lacks impartiality
and independence, according to Robert Amsterdam of law firm Amsterdam &
Peroff, legal advisors to the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship.

During meetings in Paris, attorney Robert Amsterdam said that the de
facto government of Thailand is incapable of discharging an independent
investigation into the killings of nearly 90 people, most of them civilians.

"This administration is known for its arbitrary treatment of the
pro-democracy movement in Thailand. During the recent events, it labelled the
Red Shirt protesters 'terrorists' without any prior inquiry, and it still
detains more than 400 protesters without legal due process under the guise
of an emergency decree," said Amsterdam. "Prime Minister Abhisit
administration's own vested interest in the outcome of the investigation
demonstrates quite clearly that only an international committee could
possibly examine the evidence in an independent fashion."

Robert Amsterdam is an international lawyer retained by the former Prime
Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and acts as legal advisor to the United Front
for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).

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