Bangkok authorities mobilized hundreds of police officers to ensure the rule of law on mass protests. This is reported by the local newspaper Bangkok Post.
More than 750 police officers operate on the streets of the capital of Thailand. The head of the city administration of the Police of Pia Tavlya recalled that in connection with the emergency regime introduced in the country because of COVID-19 residents are prohibited to be collected by large groups. “Any public collections or protests that create the risk of dissemination of the disease are prohibited in accordance with the Law on State,” he stressed.
According to the publication, protesters called for the resignation of the current Prime Minister of Thailand Prauta Chan-Oil. They reached the politician to the residence and threw it with the pen. During the riots, tough clashes of demonstrators with law enforcement officers took place. The level of public discontent in Thai society has grown due to a severe situation with a coronavirus pandemic and an ineffective strategy to combat the spread of infection by the authorities.
July 29 reported that the authorities of Thailand turned Don Muang International Airport in the metropolitan Bangkok in a field hospital for patients with COVID-19. This decision was made due to a record number of identified cases of contamination with coronavirus, against the background of increasing the number of deaths. The rapid spread of the Indian strain of coronavirus forced the neighboring Cambodia to close his borders with Thailand.