Authorities prepare for Bangkok ‘car mob’ rally
published : 10 Aug 2021 at 12:45
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Authorities have prepared hundreds of police ahead of a planned rally on Tuesday involving a convoy of cars meeting in the centre of Bangkok.
Police have readied 750 officers to deal with the planned car protest on Tuesday and warned that all public gatherings were currently illegal under the Covid-19 emergency rules.
Last weekend, more than a thousand anti-government protesters clashed with police.
Protest leaders who had spent time in jail over previous demonstrations and been released on bail have gone back into custody in recent days.
The protest movement has been regaining momentum amid growing public anger about Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's handling of the country's worst wave of Covid-19 infections and with the economy taking a new battering.
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Vocabulary
- bail: money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps the money - เงินประกัน; การประกันตัว
- battering: a damaging event; a violent attack - การทุบตีอย่างรุนแรง
- clash: to argue very angrily with someone - ขัดแย้ง
- convoy: a group of vehicles or ships travelling together - ขบวนรถ
- custody: the state of being in prison or under police control, especially while waiting for trial - การกักขัง, การคุมขัง
- handle: to be able deal with a situation - ควบคุมได้, จัดการได้
- illegal: against the law - ผิดกฎหมาย, นอกกฎหมาย
- momentum: progress or development that is becoming faster or stronger - แรงผลักดัน
- protest: a meeting or rally, sometimes forceful or violent, of people who strongly disagree with something - ชุมนุมประท้วง
