Meanwhile, on a separate occasion, Nattawut Saikua, of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), complained that the matter got thrown back and forth, going nowhere after the court refused to consider it last week.

The red shirts would now discuss the matter with legal and other relevant experts to find solutions, because everyone agreed that the culprits should be brought to justice, he said.

“Unless we get justice, we will continue to go on asking for it,” Nattawut said. “Initially, we have agreed to complain to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to scrutinise officers involved. But if it is found later that the NACC abused its power, we will sue them, too.”

The red shirts would wait until the NACC decided whether to take up the case before proceeding, he said.

The Supreme Court last week dismissed the charges against Abhisit and his deputy Suthep Thaugsuban in the case related to the bloody crackdown in 2010.

The court reasoned that it was not within its jurisdiction to rule on the case involving malfeasance that was brought by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI). Rather, it should have been in the political office holders’ court and investigated by the NACC, the three criminal courts have said.

Abhisit explained yesterday on the news programme “Tong Tham”, broadcast on the Bluesky channel, that he exercised his power in a way that resulted in casualties and he accepted that it had to be scrutinised. But the NACC had already dismissed the case, citing the operation was legitimate, he said.

The issue, however, became politicised after the change of administrations, he said. The DSI took the matter into its hands, taking it to the criminal courts, he said.

In addition, Abhisit said he had to accept being called a “blood-stained-hand murderer” by some people who were misled by false information and others with political agendas