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Junta to 'Monitor' Three-Day Anti-Coup March

Activists from "Resistant Citizens" submit a letter to the Criminal Court in Bangkok urging officials to defend Thais’ civil rights and cease trying civilians in military court, 12 March 2015.

BANGKOK — Security officers will closely monitor a weekend march organized by activists in Bangkok who are protesting the junta's suppression of civil rights, a spokesperson for the junta warned today.

"We will monitor [the march] closely," said Col. Winthai Suwaree. "If we find anything that violates the law, we will be required to take action."

Col. Winthai was referring to a three-day walk organized by the anti-coup group 'Resistant Citizens' that will begin in Bangbuathong district on Saturday. The group has invited the public to join them on the 50-km march to Pathumwan Police Station in Bangkok, where four of the group’s members must report for violating the junta’s ban on public protests last month.