Tens of thousands of protesters join 13 marches : police
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Some 27,000 people took part in 13 marches across Bangkok on Monday, Metropolitan Police spokesman Maj Gen Adul Narongsak said.
He pointed out that the crowds at Democracy Monument had surged to 82,000 on Sunday. Meanwhile, at the Makkawan rally site, as many as 9,000 people had joined the rally on Sunday, but the numbers tapered down to 2,500 Monday.
At Nang Lerng, police estimated the peak number of protesters at 3,500, before it dwindled to 1,000, who joined a march to the Foreign Ministry yesterday.
At the height of the protest on Sunday, police detained Sanit Pongjina, 45, for reportedly carrying a handgun in the vicinity of the Pheu Thai Party headquarters. Sanit was charged for the possession of an unauthorised weapon.
In another incident, unknown assailants hurled three explosives at the antiriot police deployed near protest site at Makkawan Bridge. The explosives damaged property and no casualties were reported.
