Rubber protest turns violent in southern Thailand
Date：2016-04-16 13:03，Author：新路橡塑
Twenty-two people were injured Friday after violent overnight clash between riot police and rubber farmer protesters in Thailand's southern rubber-producing provinces.
The clash took place at a protest site on Phetkasem road in southern Prachuap Khiri Khan province after a group of rubber farmers hurled rocks and bottles filled with chemical substances to the police, and the police had to use tear gas to disperse the protesters.
Twenty-two people were injured in the clash, most of whom were policemen and 12 protest leaders were detained for questioning.
Deputy Prime Minister Pracha Prommok said he was assigned by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to negotiate with the rubber farmers to end the protest, adding that he did not expect the confrontation could end immediately.