Protest leaders refused bail for fifth time
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Court unmoved by lecturers appeals
published : 13 Mar 2021 at 05:00
17 From left Panupong Mike Jadnok, Panusaya Rung Sithijirawattanakul and Jatupat Pai Dao Din Boonpattararaksa receive flowers from supporters at the Office of the Attorney General on Monday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Four key anti-government protest leaders were reported to have been denied bail yet again on Friday.
The Criminal Court rejected bail requests submitted by Parit Penguin Chiwarak, Panusaya Rung Sithijirawattanakul, Jatupat Pai Dao Din Boonpattararaksa and Piyarat Toto Chongthep, a source said.
If verified, this would be the fifth time the quartet have been refused bail.
Jailed protest leaders transferred to Thon Buri prison
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No visitors, held in quarantine
published : 9 Mar 2021 at 16:42
39 Panupong ‘Mike’ Jadnok, Panusaya ‘Rung’ Sithijirawattanakul and Jatupat ‘Pai Dao Din’ Boonpattararaksa receive flowers from supporters at the Office of the Attorney General on Monday, before they were transferred to Thon Buri Remand Prison. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Three anti-government leaders have been moved from Bangkok Remand Prison to Thon Buri Remand Prison, where they are being held in quarantine.
Corrections Department chief Ayut Sinthoppan said on Tuesday that Panupong “Mike’’ Jadnok, Jatupat “Pai Dao Din’’ Boonpattararaksa and Piyarat “Toto’’ Chongthep were transferred to Thon Buri on Monday to ease overcrowding at Bangkok Remand Prison.
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Police hunt for van attackers
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published : 8 Mar 2021 at 04:30
4 Demonstrators led by Jatupat Pai Dao Din Boonpattarasaksa arrive at Democracy Monument after completing their 247.5-km anti-government march from Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday. Varuth Hirunyatheb
Police are working to identify those who hijacked police vehicles and helped two detained anti-government protesters escape during the protests in Bangkok on Saturday evening.
Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Yingyos Thepjamnong said the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) hopes to identify the We Volunteer (WeVo) guards and anti-government protesters under the Restart Democracy (ReDem) banner who were involved in the incident.
On Saturday, a crowd of WeVo guards and protesters blocked a convoy of police vehicles taking detained protesters from the protest site in front of Major Cineplex Ratchayothin. They managed to force open the lock on the police vans and
The protest leaders facing criminal cases
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published : 8 Mar 2021 at 15:12
33 Anti-government protesters leaders Panusaya Rung Sithijirawattanakul, Panupong Mike Jadnok, and Jatupat Pai Boonpattararaksa arrive to report themselves over royal insult charges, at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on Monday. (Reuters photo)
Thailand s youth-led anti-government protests started in July to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and have also made once-unthinkable calls for reform of the monarchy.
Below are details of some of the most prominent leaders, who have been jailed pending trial, indicted or charged by police for their roles in the protests, over offences that included sedition and royal insult. Those indicted could be remanded in prison if bail is denied.