Bangkok: Anti-government protesters tussled with police in the Thai capital on Friday as 15 of their movement leaders turned up at a police station
Bangkok: Anti-government protesters tussled with police in the Thai capital on Friday as 15 of their movement leaders turned up at a police station to answer a summons linked to demonstrations denouncing the crackdown. About 130 supporters joined the 15 activists as they made their way to the station, carrying banners and chanting Long live democracy and Down with dictatorship.” One protester hurled blue paint as others surged through barriers set up by police to control movement in the compound. There was no serious violence or new arrests. The protesters are part of a student-led pro-democracy movement demanding new elections, amending the constitution and ending the intimidation of government critics. The almost daily protests are building into the most serious threat yet to Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha. He first took power in a coup in 2014 then retained it in a 2019 election widely seen as rigged to all but guarantee his victory.
