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Two students jailed for trying to burn police vehicle in 2021

Anti-government protesters move from Victory Monument towards Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s residence in the military barracks on Vibhavadi Rangsit road on Aug 11, 2021. They clashed with riot police under the expressway over Din Daeng intersection. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced two teenage boys to two years each in prison for attempting to set fire to a police vehicle during an anti-government rally under an expressway over Din Daeng intersection in 2021.

Prosecutors told the court that Sakda Udomsri and Kanpirom Butkhot, described as “teenagers”, were students at the same school.

They were among an estimated 600 protesters who on Aug 11, 2021 left Victory Monument in a column heading for Prime…

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