Police deny firing live rounds
published : 16 Nov 2021 at 12:43
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
Police have denied using live rounds against demonstrators during a rally on Sunday during which three protesters were injured.
"Officers maintained peace and order in line with international standards and used only rubber bullets, and are now also gathering evidence to identify the gunman," police said on Monday.
They denied claims posted on social media platforms that police had used live rounds against protesters on Sunday, leaving three injured.
Police said that authorities will also pursue legal action against anyone found to be spreading false accusations.
The Sunday protest was held against a recent Constitutional Court ruling that they claimed will bring about the return of absolute monarchy.
Afterwards, the rally moved on to Pathumwan intersection and then marched to the German embassy to submit a statement opposing the court ruling.
Vocabulary
- absolute monarchy: a system in which a king or queen has unlimited powers - ระบอบสมบูรณาญาสิทธิราช
- accusation: a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved - ข้อกล่าวหา
- Constitutional Court (noun): the court that decides whether or not laws follow the constitution - ศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ
- denied (verb): said that something is not true or did not happen - ปฏิเสธ
- evidence: facts statements or objects that help to prove whether or not someone has committed a crime - หลักฐาน
- false: not true -
- live round: a real bullet fired from a gun, rather than a blank round which is not real -
- pursue: to try to achieve something - ดำเนินตาม, พยายามเพื่อให้ได้มาซึ่ง
- rubber (noun): a bouncy, elastic material used in car tires and waterproof gloves - กล้ายาง
- ruling (noun): a judgement; a decision by a court of law - คำตัดสิน คำชี้ขาด
