Thailand to deport Indian businessman for leading protests

February 04, 2014 17:18

Thai government today ordered the deportation of an Indian businessman for leading a group of protesters in a business district here demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Satish Sehgal, chairman of the Thai-Indian Business Association, was ordered to be deported by Thailand's Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order, which is overseeing the government's response to protests, according to Thai news agency MCOT.

The CMPO directed immigration authorities and police to start procedures to deport Sehgal, who has been living in Bangkok for decades and holds an Indian passport, for leading anti-government protests and defying a state of emergency. Sehgal was a core member of the protests aimed at ousting Yingluck.

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