<div> <div>Soldiers and police officers have barred workers holding May Day activities in Pathum Thani from expressing any message urging the junta to hold general elections. </div> <div> </div> <div>On 1 May 2018, the authorities ordered workers in Rangsit District of Pathum Thani Province, to remove all messages related to elections from their May Day rally. </div></div>

<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-445d2a04-4645-5e98-087f-33e936067494">The Thai military forced labour unionists to remove pro-election stickers and placards at&nbsp;a monthly rally.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-445d2a04-4645-5e98-087f-33e936067494">Around six military officers on Saturday morning inspected cars which belong to Rangsit and Area Labour Union members at the rally in Pathum Thani Province, north of Bangkok, and ordered the union members to remove the A4 stickers which simply read ‘election’.</span></p>