Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban has defended his handling of the crackdown on red shirt protesters in April and May last year, saying he acted within the law.
Mr Suthep said all of his orders were issued lawfully as there was the emergency decree to support his actions and the operations of security forces. The troops performed their duties based on his orders.
The former deputy prime minister, who was in charge of the Center for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation set up to quell the protests which led to 92 deaths, said all his orders were written down and he always held meetings with relevant agencies before issuing them.
He was speaking before giving testimony for the second time yesterday to a city police team investigating the dispersal of the protesters. He was invited to give a statement about what happened on May 14, 16 and 19 last year.
Mr Suthep arrived at the Metropolitan Police headquarters at 2pm with more documentary evidence for investigators.
He accused his political rivals of trying to distort facts about the government forces' crackdown on the red shirts.
He accused some people in power of being involved in last year's political violence and said they had tried to use their authority to take action against him.
He said he was unperturbed by their actions as Thailand was a democratic country where people must strictly adhere to the law and have faith in the judicial system.
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