BANGKOK (Reuters) - Rubber farmers in Thailand on Tuesday threatened to intensify protests as the government rejected their calls for Bangkok to buy their produce at prices higher than the market.
A group of rubber farmers, fluctuating between 200 and 300, were continuing to block a main road with trees and trucks after gathering on Monday in the Bang-saphan district, around 300 km (190 miles) south of Bangkok, police said.
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