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Police General Suwat Jangyodsvisit visit injured crowd control police at police hospital on February 14. THE NATION
Thai police chief defends action taken against medical volunteer
Tue, 16 February 2021
The chief of the Royal Thai Police, Police General Suwat Jangyodsvisit, on February 14 visited Police Hospital to boost the morale of injured police officers following violence during a pro-democracy protest in front of the City Pillar Shrine on February 13.
A total of 23 police officers were wounded and hospitalised, of whom four were discharged from the hospital. Some had chemical injuries on their faces or bruises after being struck by a hard object. Officers were spared serious injuries due to their protective equipment.
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has defended the police over violence on Saturday’s (13 Feb) pro-democracy protest in Bangkok, saying they were only doing their duty. The protest calling for the release of four leaders of the anti-establishment movement began at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument before activists marched to the City Pillar Shrine near Sanam Luang. Bottles and smoke.
Lese majeste law takes centre stage
published : 15 Feb 2021 at 04:30
7 An activist flashes a three-finger sign as he joins a demonstration calling for monarchy reform and charter amendments in Nonthaburi in December last year. Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
The infamous lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, appears to have taken centre stage in the escalating political conflict since the Feb 9 indictment of four leading members of the pro-reform Ratsadon group by public prosecutors and the four s detention at the Bangkok Remand Prison on the same day after the Criminal Court rejected their bail requests.
The detention of Parit Penguin Chivarak, Arnon Nampa, Somyot Prueksakasemsook and Patiwat Saraiyaem sparked protests by their followers that evening at the Pathumwan Skywalk.
Cops come under fire for attack on volunteer
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published : 15 Feb 2021 at 05:30
56 Bangkok Metropolitan Administration officials examine trees used to decorate the Democracy Monument which were removed by protesters on Saturday. Varuth Hirunyatheb
Police are under fire after being accused of attacking a volunteer medic during a pro-democracy protest on Saturday night that ended with eight demonstrators detained and 20 wounded.
Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) chief Phukphong Phongpetra, however, said the person was not a professional medical staff member but a volunteer for a group that provided first aid and was allegedly among the people who instigated the incident.
A group representing doctors who work in provincial hospitals on Sunday denounced police for the incident outside the Supreme Court compound near Sanam Luang. The group, the Rural Doctor Society, demanded an explanation and legal action against the off