Police have warned protesters they will react decisively against any attempt to damage their headquarters during Wednesday evening’s planned street rally there.
Pol Maj Gen Yingyos Thepchamnong, spokesman of the Royal Thai Police Office, said on Wednesday morning that demonstrators planned to gather at Ratchaprasong intersection and then move to the adjacent police headquarters.
Riot police were on standby to cope with the situation, he said.
“Any action that causes damage to government property and barricades is considered a violation of the law… If trespassers destroy government property, we will have to take action in accordance with our authority and duty. I emphasize this,”…