Protest leaders detained at Huai Kwang police stationStudent leader Parit Cheewarak confronts a police officer outside the Bang Khen police station, where they vowed not to disperse until activists Anon Nampa and Panupong Jaadnok, who are detained at the Huai Kwang police station, are freed. (Reuters photo)Police on Friday night detained two pro-democracy activists at a police station over a demonstration last month as leaders of the student protest movement vowed to escalate their anti-government demonstrations. Security officials physically carried human rights lawyer Anon Nampa, 35, and student activist Panupong Jaadnok, 23, out of the Criminal Court to the Huai Kwang police station as dozens of supporters shouted "officials must serve the people" in protest. Police said they would hold the two overnight and return with their petition at the court on Saturday morning. Another 200 people rallied outside the Bang Khen police station on Friday night, where they vowed not to disperse until the two men were freed.

Source: Bangkok Post August 08, 2020 00:22 UTC