All protest guards must be registered to prevent future clashes: Panupong

All protest guards must be registered to prevent future clashes: Panupong

By THE NATION

Panupong Jadnok

Pro-democracy movement leader Panupong “Mike” Jadnok said via Facebook on Monday that the names of volunteer guards should be recorded to prevent meddling from the opposite side.

On November 26, pro-democracy protesters had gathered outside the Siam Commercial Bank headquarters on Ratchayothin Road to protest against the King’s major shareholding in the bank.

When the protest ended at around 10.10pm and there were still many protesters at the site, an explosion was heard followed by four or five gunshots.

Two protest guards were injured severely, and police put it down to a conflict between students from rivalling vocational colleges, while many netizens linked the shooter to a royalist group.

The movement’s leaders say this incident goes against the principles of the group, though there were no clashes during protests over the weekend.

Panupong said to avoid such attacks in the future, names of all volunteer guards will be registered and he will personally oversee the team.

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398889