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Thai police and protesters scuffle on eve of big demonstration

By Panu Wongcha-um

 

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A pro-democracy protester flashes a three-finger salute during a protest against government and monarchy near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Panu Wongcha-um

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police and protesters scuffled in Bangkok on Tuesday on the eve of a major planned anti-government demonstration and police said at least four people had been detained.

 

Trouble broke out when hundreds of protesters gathered near the Democracy Monument, a focal point of three months of demonstrations to demand a new constitution and the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader.

 

Protesters pushed up against a police line and some threw blue paint over the officers. Police meanwhile demolished a tent that had been set up by the protesters.

 

A Thai police spokesman said some people for whom there were outstanding arrest warrants had been detained and that they would now face the legal process. There had been "four or five" arrests, he said.

 

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said at least nine people had been arrested and that one was injured.

 

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