Mr Surapong said. He said the protests led by the People's Democratic Reform Committee to obstruct candidacy registration and "shut down" Bangkok from Monday are not in line with democracy and are illegal. Meanwhile, Mr Surapong yesterday met Matilda Kate Bogner, regional representative for the South-East Asia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Fred Grimm, deputy head of the Regional Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at police headquarters. He said the government would protect human rights and allow people to demonstrate peacefully.