‘Bad Student’ group among those planning to press demands for change
Police stand guard at Democracy Monument before protesters took over the site for their rally last Sunday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Three protest rallies are planned for Saturday in Bangkok and 5,000 officers will be on duty to ensure the demonstrators keep it legal, the city police chef said on Friday.
Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai did not rule out again using BMTA buses as a blockade to control marchers — despite the demands of the city bus workers’ union not to do so.
But he did say police had no plans to set up blockades. Whether buses were used as barriers would depend on the situation at the time,…
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