Thai military officers in plainclothes have visited Prachatai’s office in Bangkok to ask about Prachatai’s activities.
At around 11 am on Thursday, 2 July 2015, three military officers in plain clothes from the First Infantry Regiment of Bangkok came to the Prachatai office.
The plain-clothes officers spent about 20 minutes discussing Prachatai’s recent activities. The officers, however, did not enter into the office.
The officers also requested contact information for Prachatai personnel and took pictures of the office and surrounding area.
At the time of writing they are still deployed in front of the office. However, the officers have not asked to search the office as rumours on social media have claimed.
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