Thread by @ThaiEnquirer

The Criminal Court had moved the date to provide its ruling on the bail requests made by 7 detained protestors to tomorrow. Protest leader Benjar said protestors will camp out there tonight to wait for the verdict. Crowd control police are on site.

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17:30 - The situation had calmed down as the police are now blocking the entrance to the Criminal Court and protestors are being blocked off from the stairs with small fences.

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The standoff between the pro-democracy protestors and the police at the Criminal Court. They are demanding for the court to recognize the detained protestors’ right to bail. There are 17 detainees, 10 are being charged with lese-majeste.

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18:00 - The protestors have sat down in front of the Criminal Court. They said they will not move from there until the court provide the ruling on the bail requests made by 7 detained protestors today.

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Breaking: @bkksnow who is in the court room said the court had denied bail for Penguin. It was his 9th request and he has been on a hunger strike for detained protestors’ right to bail for 45 days now.

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https://twitter.com/bkksnow/status/1387724325914963970

The detained protestors’ lawyer, @JCharoensiri, confirmed that the Criminal Court had denied the bail requests of all 7 detainees. They said there’s no reason to change their previous orders even though Penguin’s health is deteriorating from 45 days of hunger strike. #saveเพนกวิน

https://twitter.com/JCharoensiri/status/1387728237300654081