Thai court dismisses case against former PM over bloody 2010 crackdown

Thailand's former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gestures during an interview with Reuters at the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, May 1, 2015. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for ordering a deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against his government in 2010.

More than 90 people were killed in the unrest, one of the bloodiest episodes in more than a decade of turmoil stemming from rivalry for power between populist former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the conservative establishment.