JAILED
AND BAILED PAD leaders sentenced and released The Criminal Court has sentenced six leaders of the Peoples Alliance for Democracy each to two years in prison for leading followers to seize and occupy Government House for over three months in 2008. PAD leaders Chamlong Srimuang, Sonthi Limthongkul, Pibhop Dhongchai, Somkiat Pongpaibul, Somsak Kosaisuk and Suriyasai Katasila were charged with trespassing on Government House and causing damage to the property from August 26 to December 3 in 2008. The court approved 200,000 baht bail for each PAD leader on condition they must not travel outside the country.