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600 cops to line streets as jailed protest leaders decry double standards

Demonstrators will march from Victory Monument to the prime minister’s residence at at the 1st Infantry Regiment barracks, King’s Guard, on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road on Sunday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Six hundred police officers will be deployed on Sunday with Free Youth group demonstrators planning to march from Victory Monument to the prime minister’s house at the 1st Infantry Regiment barracks, King’s Guard, on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.

Deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai had assessed the rally in terms of expected turnout and the risk of third parties instigating violence.

He said the MPB has prepared four companies of police officers to maintain order. Pol Maj Gen Piya said police had not yet decided whether to use containers to block the road…

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