Thai police criticized for posing as journalists

By Washington Examiner

Published June 2, 2014 2:39pm ET

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Thai police criticized for posing as journalists — A protester, center, is arrested by plainclothes Thai police officers after staging an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. An anti-coup activist in Thailand called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn) | Wason Wanichakorn

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s main press association said Monday it is gravely concerned that undercover police appear to be posing as journalists after a video circulated showing a man with official press ID arresting an anti-coup protester in the capital.

It was one of two videos showing apparent arrests by undercover officers Sunday in Bangkok that sparked outrage on social media. The other shows two men pushing a woman at a peaceful protest into a moving taxi.

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