Police on Tuesday failed to secure the court’s permission to further detain two Thai protesters arrested on Monday during clashes with riot police at a rally against the military coup in Myanmar.
The rally took place in front of the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok.
The court questioned the two protesters via video conference and decided to release them both despite police requests to detain them for longer. They were identified as Pannaphat Chantharangkun, 19, and Kiattisak Phanrenu, 20.
Both were detained at Yannawa police station. Police are only allowed to detain suspects in police station cells for a maximum of 48 hours…
