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Police charges against 30 demonstrators

Riot police confront anti-government protesters trying to make their way to the parliament complex in Dusit district, Bangkok, on Tuesday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

Bangkok police will charge about 30 demonstrators over the rallies outside the parliament and police headquarters this week, a police spokesman said on Friday.

He said no decision had been made yet on whether to lay lese majeste charges against anti-government protesters.

Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai, deputy commissioner and spokesman of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said on Friday that 14 people were identified while committing offences near parliament in Dusit district on Tuesday, and 17 others during the protest outside the Royal Thai Police Headquarters in Pathumwan district on Wednesday.

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