The Thai government has arrested another leader of the pro-democracy movement on Tuesday.
Anon Numpha, a human rights lawyer and political activist, was arrested at Nang Loeng Police Station by police officers from Khlong Luang Police Station for sedition and other charges related to the Thammasat rally on August 10.
The protest leader was arrested at Nang Loeng Police Station Tuesday morning as he came to listen to the charges related to a rally in front of the Royal Thai Army Headquarters on July 20.
After he heard his charges inside Nang Loeng Police Station, police officers from Khlong Luang Police Station were waiting outside to read out other charges against him that were related to the Thammasat rally.
This is the third sedition charge against him.
He was first arrested on August 7 for sedition and other charges related to a rally on July 18 which resulted in a small altercation between the police and protestors.
He was released on bail for those charges on August 8 with a surety of 100,000 baht.
In total, Anon is currently being charged for sedition related to the rally at Democracy Monument on July 18, the Harry Potter rally on August 3, and the Thammasat rally on August 10.
Anon will be transferred from Nang Loeng Police Station to Thanyaburi Provincial Court where another protest leader, Panupong “Mike Rayong” Jaadnok is also being held on sedition charges related to the Thammasat rally.
Panupong was arrested in Rayong on Monday after he showed up to confront Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha while the premier was visiting 100 Pillar Market in Ban Phe.
He was brought to Khlong Luang Police Station Monday night and then transferred to Thanyaburi Provincial Court Tuesday morning.
Rangsiman Rome, a member of Parliament for the Move Forward Party, wrote on his Twitter page that MPs from the party are going to bail out both Anon and Mike Tuesday afternoon.
The Thai government has so far arrested eleven university students, political activists, and musicians on sedition and other charges related to a series of protests against Prayut’s administration, which began on July 18 at the Democracy Monument.
Protestors are asking for the government to rewrite the constitution that was drafted by the previous junta and led by the current prime minister, dissolve parliament to make way for a new election, and for Prayut’s government to stop harassing dissidents.
Some protestors are also asking for the monarchy to be reformed based on ten demands to lower the power of the institution.
