According to court testimony, the six led protests against the Samak Sundaravej government to put pressure on the then-premier to resign. They took over Government House and were charged with invading a state property and causing damage. The first court had sentenced them to three years in jail before reducing the penalty to two years. Their lawyer, Suwat Apaipak said he had posted bail of Bt200,000 each for five of them, and submitted a land deed for Somkiat. However, the first court dismissed that charge against the six ex-leaders and suspended sentence for the three other ex-leaders for two years.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 24, 2017 12:33 UTC