18 detained protesters deny charges
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published : 7 Mar 2021 at 13:24
36 Pro-democracy protesters converge outside the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road on Saturday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
All 18 detained protesters have denied charges pressed against them in connection with fresh rallies against the government on Saturday.
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights on Sunday posted a Facebook message saying the activists, including Piyarat Toto Chonthep, denied the charges after being informed by police.
They were under detention at the Border Patrol Police Region 1 barracks in Thanya Buri district in Pathum Thani. Two of them who were underaged were temporarily released pending an ordered to appear before the Central Juvenile and Family Court later on Sunday.
Rubber bullets, tear gas fired as rally turns violent
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published : 28 Feb 2021 at 20:32
36 Protesters clash with police as they try to move containers placed outside the 1st Infantry Regiment on Sunday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
A rally by pro-democracy protesters outside the 1st Infantry Regiment in Bangkok turned violent on Sunday as police fired rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas at demonstrators trying to approach the barracks.
Demonstrators held up shell casings to show that rubber bullets had been fired at them.
There were no initial reports of injuries, but an ambulance was seen driving towards Veterans General Hospital.
Riot police decided to use water cannon to break up the rally after some demonstrators removed shipping containers laid out to keep them away from the barracks on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.
Police are under fire for attacking a volunteer medic during a pro-democracy protest on Saturday night that ended with eight demonstrators detained and 20 wounded.
published : 18 Jan 2021 at 12:25
30 Reporters try to question k-powdered milk suspect Amornthep Chalermwat, alias Un Kiwi, (red shirt) after police take him into custody.
A man suspected of producing a deadly ketamine-based drug cocktail has been arrested in Phetchabun after he fled a police hunt in Bangkok, where many users have died after taking k-powdered milk .
Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) chief Pol Lt Gen Pakkapong Pongpetra said Amornthep Chalermwat, alias Un Kiwi, was arrested on Sunday at a room with no address in Bung Sam Phan district of Phetchabun, where he was staying with his former prison mate.
Investigators were confident the 33-year-old man was a mastermind in the mixing of the illicit drug cocktail, reported to contain ketamine, methamphetamine, heroin and the sedative diazepam.