CRI听力:Former Thai PM Indicted for Murder

Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is accused of ordering a crackdown on a rally in 2010 which claimed 92 of lives.

He's since been released on bail.

Bandit Siripan is Abhisit's lawyer.

"The court granted bail of 1.8 million baht worth of assets that he surrendered. It is a condominium."

Abhisit is maintaining his innocence, having previously said the allegations against him are politically motivated.

Abhisit Vejjajiva served as Prime Minister following the ouster of current caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's brother Thaksin in 2010.

His so-called "yellow shirt" movement lost power following the election of Yingluck in August of 2011.

He's since been one of the leaders of the anti-government rallies taking place in Bangkok.

On the ground, the anti-government protesters are still occupying areas near Government House in Bangkok in a bid to topple Yingluck's administration.

They have since installed barbed wire inside the compound, and have demanded police deployed there leave.

Police have rejected the request.

That has led to the protesters cutting off the power supply to the Government House.

In a bid to try to defuse the situation, Yingluck has invited all political parties and sectors of the society to meet on Sunday to try to find a solution to the political deadlock.

Political analyst Kan Yuenyong from Bangkok-based think tank Siam Intelligence Unit says he believes the protesters are trying to force a crisis.

"If there is a clash with red shirts, there will be more trouble and the armed forces will have to intervene, and that will be a big problem. In the meantime, if they can talk, they should try to, and have a mediator who everyone accepts."

The protesters are accusing Yingluck's government of abuse of power.

They also contend she's merely a proxy for her billionaire brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

He currently lives in self-imposed exile in a bid to avoid jail time in Thailand following a corruption conviction.

Meanwhile, Thailand's top military commanders are now discussing whether they will meet with anti-government protest leaders, a meeting they earlier dismissed as dangerous.

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban says such a meeting would be necessary for the military and police leaders to understand their reform plans.

The politically powerful Thai army has so-far maintained a hands-off approach, although it has tried to mediate.

For CRI, this is Li Jing.