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Union opposes use of public buses to block protesters

Union opposes use of public buses to block protesters

BMTA workers say public agency could be seen as taking political sides

Protest co-leader Patsaravalee “Mind” Tanakitvibulpon and other demonstrators stand in front of a row of parked buses as they present their three-point demand to police near Government House on Oct 21. (Bangkok Post file photo)

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) labour union says it opposes the use of public buses to block demonstrators, saying it gives the impression that the public agency is taking political sides.

The union was responding on Saturday to a request from Bangkok police to use 55 public buses to support their task of “facilitating traffic” at a pro-democracy rally planned for Sunday afternoon at Democracy…

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