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Two more rally leaders arrested

Protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul resists passively as police arrest her and Nathchanon Pairoj in a hotel room on Thursday morning.(Photo from Twitter TLHR/Thai Lawyers for Human Rights @TLHR2004)

PATHUM THANI: Protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul and another rally leader were arrested at a hotel room near Government House and taken to Border Patrol Police Region 1 headquarters on Thursday morning

Ms Panusaya, a Thammasat University student, and Nathchanon Pairoj were taken away in a police vehicle around 9.40am.

They were taken into custody by plainclothes police, armed with an arrest warrant, who raided a hotel room near the rally venue about 8.30am.

The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights posted a photo showing Ms Panusaya lying on the floor on @TLHR2014 twitter with…

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