FILE PHOTO: Benjamaporn Nivas, also known as Ploy, speaks during a mass rally to demand constitutional changes and the government resignation in Bangkok, Thailand September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two Thai high school student leaders will be charged for joining a banned protest last month, police said on Friday, a day after embattled Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha threatened tougher action against protesters.
The students said they had been summoned for violating an emergency decree by joining a protest on Oct. 15, when tens of thousands of people defied a ban by Prayuth aimed at halting protests demanding his removal and reforms of the monarchy.
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