BANGKOK, Oct 15 — Thai authorities rounded up protest leaders under sweeping emergency powers announced today as it launched a crackdown on escalating pro-democracy demonstrations that have also targeted the unassailable monarchy. Three top activists were among nearly two dozen arrested under a...
Police officers walk with their riot gear after a mass anti-government protest, on the 47th anniversary of the 1973 student uprising, in Bangkok, Thailand October 15, 2020. — Reuters pic
Army spokesman Lieutenant-General Santipong Thampiya played down the presence of military officers around some government buildings, writing on Facebook they were there “to assist the law enforcement”. As well as limiting gatherings to four people, the new emergency measures also allow the seizure of “electronic communications equipment, data, and weapons suspected to cause the emergency situation”, a government spokesman said.
Leading opposition figure Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit decried the crackdown, calling for the government to “free all arrested people”. Police said they would set up checkpoints around Ratchaprasong junction, the site of a major crackdown in 2010, after Thailand’s top trending Twitter hashtag urged people to gather there.
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