Court rejects petition against rubber bullets
published : 11 Aug 2021 at 13:54
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Civil Court has thrown out a petition seeking to stop police from firing rubber bullets at protesters.
The petition was filed jointly by a reporter and a photographer, Thanapong Kerngaiboon who reports for Plus Seven news and photographer Charnnarong Ua-udomchote with The Matter. In filing the petition, they sought a court order to suspend the police's use of rubber bullets as tactic for containing protesters.
The two claimed they were injured by the bullets, further alleging police fired at protesters without warning during a rally on July 18 in Bangkok. The two men were covering the protest.
The petition was filed with the court last Friday and asked for an injunction to temporarily bar police from shooting rubber bullets during protests, pending the court's deliberation of the case.
The petitioners also demanded compensation from the Royal Thai Police for injuries caused by rubber bullets fired at them.
Vocabulary
- allege: to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong, even though this has not been proved - อ้าง, กล่าวหา
- bar: to officially not allow someone to do something or go somewhere - ห้าม
- compensation (noun): money that someone receives because something bad has happened to them - การจ่ายเงินชดเชย
- contain: to prevent from spreading; to keep within limits - จำกัด,ควบคุมไว้
- file a petition: to formally give a document signed by many people to someone in power asking them to do something - ยื่นคำร้อง
- fire: to shoot a weapon - ยิง
- injunction: an order form a court that prevents someone from doing something - คำสั่งคุ้มครองชั่วคราว, คำสั่งห้าม
- jointly: done together - อย่างร่วมกัน, พร้อมกัน, ด้วยกัน
- petition: an official document in which you ask a court to take legal action - คำร้องต่อศาล
- rally: a large public gathering of people to support someone or to protest against something - การชุมนุม
- reject: to not agree with a request, offer or proposal - ปฏิเสธ ไม่ยอมรับ, ไม่เห็นชอบ
- temporarily: for a limited period of time - ชั่วคราว
