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Bangkok's right-wing "revolution" smolders amid murder indictments

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A court on Thursday (Dec. 12) indicted former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for alleged murders, but his deputy did not arrive for the same indictment because he was whipping up a right-wing "people's revolution" which cut off the prime minister's electricity and water to force her resignation.

The murder charges date back to 2010 and are echoing in Bangkok's current month-long "insurrection" which is fueled mostly by urban-based royalists and military officers, plus middle and upper classes who favor dictatorial, appointed officials instead of popularly elected politicians.

In the latest twist, a man standing in the street on Thursday (Dec. 12) afternoon used a lengthy pole to disconnect overhead electric cables leading to Interim Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's now-vacant Government House office, while a curious crowd watched.

Others cut the water supply and some barbed wire protecting the building.

Ms. Yingluck refuses to resign and now uses police and army buildings as her office.

This Buddhist-majority, Southeast Asian major non-NATO U.S. ally has

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