Mon, Jan 18, 2021 – 8:11 PM
[BANGKOK] Thai police said on Monday they were investigating a complaint by a political activist who said he had been abducted by a group of unknown men and then questioned inside a van for 12 hours before being dumped on the street.
Mongkol Santimetakul, 25, a volunteer guard for the protest movement, said at around 11 pm on Saturday on a street near his home in a province south of Bangkok he was bundled into a van by the men who placed a hood over his head and confiscated his phone.
He said he was asked about an anti-monarchy sign that was erected by protesters in a nearby area.
“I was told to sign some document, which I refused and also told to cease all activism,” Mr Mongkol told Reuters.
Youth-led protests since last year have been demanding the resignation of the military-backed prime minister, who first came to power in a coup, and also reforms…
