Thai police confiscate protest leaders' phones

Thai police said they have tightened security and confiscated mobile phones belonging to the leaders of protests that paralysed Bangkok for weeks.

Thai police said they have tightened security and confiscated mobile phones belonging to the leaders of protests that paralysed Bangkok for weeks.

The Thai capital was gripped with its worst political violence in decades during the “Red Shirt” occupation of downtown Bangkok, culminating in a military crackdown on Wednesday.

Most of the Red Shirt leaders have surrendered to authorities, but there was widespread criticism of the police when photos circulated on the internet of the men looking relaxed and smiling for group shots in a spacious seaside house on a police base south of Bangkok that was used for their detention.

Kobsak Sabhavasu, secretary-general to the prime minister, said police officers have now been told to detain the leaders separately and to prohibit them from using communication devices.

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