Protesters 'will resist move to disperse them at Interior ministry'
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SOME PEOPLE'S Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters from the group's Silom rally base Monday moved to support their colleagues at the Interior Ministry after reports emerged that the government would disperse them from the premises to allow minist
The reports said the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) had issued an order to disperse protesters at the ministry. Territorial defence volunteers and police would be deployed to round up protesters refusing to withdraw and slap them with charges of illegal encroachment on state premises.
Responding to the report, Thaworn said unarmed protesters from the Silom base were brought to camp outside the ministry overnight to demonstrate civil disobedience while rapid-response teams would be dispatched to provide backup in any emergency situation.
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