Former Thai prime minister Somchai Wongsawat (L) greets supporters as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Aukkarapon Niyomyat
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Wednesday dismissed a case against former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, a brother-in-law of deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a rare victory for the pro-Thaksin, anti-junta movement.
Somchai, along with then-deputy prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyuth, was accused of abuse of power over a deadly crackdown on demonstrators in 2008.
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