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Court approves bail for 14 Wevo activists

Supporters hug Wevo guards after the Dusit District Court release the volunteer guards on 20,000-baht bail each. They were caught after organising a prawn sale at Sanam Luang on Dec 31. (Photo by Wassayos Ngamkham)

The Dusit District Court on Saturday approved bail for 14 guards of We Volunteer (WeVo), a group of guards of the anti-government Ratsadon protests, after they were held for violating the assembling ban on Thursday.

The 14 volunteer guards, including activist Piyarat “Toto” Jongthep, were released after their lawyer placed a 20,000-baht surety for each of them.

Thy were caught while selling prawn at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on Dec 31. WeVo claimed it organised the sale to help farmers whose sales were hit after the Covid-19 outbreak in Samut Sakhon province. It also urged supporters to join a…

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