He will meet the police on August 23, the Transborder News online news agency reported on Tuesday. Chayan was quoted as saying that he had not asked for permission from the military to organise the event in the first place, as it was academic-based. It was probably the banners that were displayed at the event that had prompted the latest call from the police, he acknowledged. He added that he had consulted the Chiang Mai governor about the event, and that the governor had even presided over it. The event should therefore be seen as beneficial to the country, and not the opposite, he suggested.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 15, 2017 08:26 UTC