Thai junta reportedly released 10 anti-coup protesters from detention early on Monday morning.
Ten people were released at about 01.10 am on Monday.
Eight of the ten are from the Thai Student Centre for Democracy group. They were arrested before they started their planned activity to hand out sandwiches as a symbolic protest against the coup at Siam Paragon Mall, Siam Square.
One is the man who read George Orwell’s novel 1984 and played the French national anthem La Marseillaise on his mobile phone at Siam Paragon. The man was later arrested by plain clothes police.
The man who read George Orwell’s novel 1984 and played the French national anthem La Marseillaise on his mobile phone at Siam Paragon. The man was later arrested by plain clothes police.
The police take him from Siam Paragon towards BTS Siam station.
The other is a woman who was arrested for wearing a “Respect My Vote” t-shirt during a merit-making ceremony with other anti-establishment red shirts at Pathum Wanaram Temple, Siam Square.
The student group previously carried out anti-coup activities by handing out sandwiches at Kasetsart University and Thammasat University, but no one was arrested. The Police Deputy Commissioner later said he would gather information about the activists who led the activities and pass it on to the military to prosecute them.
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