New police charges target 16 Thai protester’s rally leaders
Thousands of students and people attend a political rally at Kasetsart University (Thailand) on Saturday, demanding a rewriting of the Constitution and promising more protests to make their case. Photo: The Nation. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
BANGKOK, Sep 22, 2020, Bangkok Post. The Metropolitan Police Bureau is preparing multiple charges against 16 leaders of the anti-government demonstration in Bangkok last weekend, Bangkok Post reported.
Pol Maj Gen Sukhun Prommayon, a deputy commissioner, said on Tuesday that charges would be brought against 16 key protesters, who were in three groups.
One group gathered the people who organised the demonstration without getting authorisation.
The second group consisted of people who invited others to take part in the rally, through all channels.
The third group comprised people who spoke from the demonstration stage.
Police were transcribing their speeches, parts of which were improper, he said.
Bangkok police were also taking legal action against the demonstrators who installed a pro-democracy plaque in the ground at Sanam Luang on Sunday.
This would include a complaint filed by the Fine Arts Department under the Ancient Monuments, Antiques and National Museums Act, which prohibits any change to a heritage area, Pol Maj Gen Sukhun said.
Sanam Luang is included in the ancient monuments and museums law.
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