Protesters were demanding release of 15-year-old detained on royal defamation charge
Police and protesters clash outside the Samran Rat police station in Bangkok on Wednesday night. Nine arrests were made. (Photo: Ratsadon News Facebook)
Nine people were arrested after a violent confrontation outside a Bangkok police station between police and a group that had gathered in support of a 15-year old girl who has been detained for more than 40 days on a royal defamation charge.
The seven men and two women arrested included Tantawan “Tawan” Tuatulanon and Orawan “Bam” Phuphong, who earlier this year staged a 52-day hunger strike to press for the release of political prisoners and the abolition of…
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