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Thai police arrested protesters and dispersed crowds at a small demonstration in the capital, Bangkok ahead of a key anti-government demonstration on Wednesday.
Live television footage from the event showed officers pulling down one of the protest leaders who was standing on top of a van and carrying him away into a police vehicle, while using megaphones to ask demonstrators to leave the area.
“Please don’t use force — our intention isn’t to hurt anyone but to take control of the area,†police told protesters, some of whom came from provinces outside of Bangkok.
The activist group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said 21 protesters were arrested and taken into custody. Demonstrators including school and university students as well as labour groups plan to surround the PM’s office and openly defy King Maha Vajiralongkorn to demand the government’s resignation, a rewriting of constitution, and reforms of the monarchy.