A LARGE number of crowd control police started clearing today’s (July 18) key protest sites this evening bringing in high-pressure water cannon trucks along with them and announcing that those who do not return will be immediately arrested, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.48 p.m. the police units seized control of Nang Loeng intersection
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Anti-Prayut protesters hit by rubber bullets, tear gas near Govt House
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS today (July 18) renewed a massive street protest near Government House pressing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down but police shot rubber bullets, tear gas and high-pressure water cannons to keep them at bay. The latest Bangkok street protest, organised by 15 activist groups including the Free Youth,
Read morePolice fire water cannons at protesters near Govt House
FREE YOUTH and other groups of protesters clashed twice with police units near the Government House this afternoon (July 18) with water cannons fired at them periodically and sounds like the firing of rubber bullets heard, Thai Rath newspaper said. The first clash took place at Phan Fa Lilat Intersection on Ratchadamnoen Nok Road
Read moreDaily Covid cases surge to 11,397 as 3 more provinces join dark red zone
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (July 18) added three more provinces to the dark red maximum and strict control zone amid a new spike in daily coronavirus cases to 11,397 with fatalities reaching 101, TV Channel 7 said. Joining the dark red zone are Ayutthaya, Chonburi and Chachoengsao provinces taking the
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