On Saturday at 11am, approximately 200 anti-coup demonstrators gathered to protest against the military coup d'etat in front of Major Cineplex on Ratchayothin Road. Reportedly, a company of soldiers were deployed to maintain law and order.
The situation became a bit chaotic when anti-coup protesters saw Porntipa Supattanakul, aka Fah Porntipa, a royalist who filed a lese majeste complaint against Saran Chuichai, aka Aum Neko, a transgender student activist, near the protest site. The anti-coup protestors shouted at Fah Porntipa and tried to chase her away from the scene.
Meanwhile, a group of pro-coup demonstrators gathered not far from the area. The police and the military officers tried to control the situation. (see video below)
At around 2pm, the anti-coup protesters moved to Victory Monument for another protest.
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