Emergency services say 16 injured as police use tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets on pro-democracy protesters near residence of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha.
Thai police shot rubber bullets and used water cannon and tear gas against pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok on Sunday at a rally outside a military barracks housing the prime minister’s residence.
Protesters threw bottles at police and marched up to a barricade of shipping containers and barbed wire at the entrance to the base of the 1st Infantry Regiment in Bangkok, one of several army units that the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha transferred to the king’s control in 2019.
Erawan Emergency Services said 16 people were injured.
The Thai youth-led political movement was launched last year to demand Prayuth’s resignation and broke taboos by calling for reforms of the monarchy.
The movement…
