Then a hard object, perhaps a tear gas canister, struck his right eye, tearing his retina. “We are troubled by the disproportionate response of riot police to provocations by protesters,” read the letter, addressed to Prayuth. The police now regularly deploy rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons laced with burning chemicals. The tear gas began flowing before dusk, and the police fired streams of purple water, presumably to mark the demonstrators. “Sometimes I think, one tear gas canister could buy six to eight doses of a good-quality vaccine,” Nipapon said.

Source: bd News24 September 06, 2021 01:07 UTC