Videos show protesters trying to overturn a police car, throwing projectiles and charging at police, while officers in riot gear advance on them with shields and beat them back with batons. APEC2022
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai police on Friday, November 18, fired rubber bullets to disperse a protest against the APEC summit in Bangkok, a police official in charge of the event’s security taskforce said.
About 350 protesters had gathered and clashed with police, Ashyan Kraithong said, about 10 kilometers from the venue where leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group are meeting. Videos on social media showed protesters trying to overturn a police car, throwing projectiles and charging at police, while officers in riot gear advanced on them with shields and beat them back with batons.
Youth activist Patsaravalee “Mind” Tanakitvibulpon, who was at the demonstration, said people were protesting against the APEC summit and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. “The police have overreacted. They are using rubber bullets on us and tried to stop us many times,” she told Reuters.“The protesters broke the law, physically assaulted police officers,” Ashyan said, adding that five officers were injured.
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