Thai capital sees two demonstrations outside parliament


Pro-democracy protesters holding signs and attending a rally to demand the Thai govt to resign, to dissolve the parliament and to hold new elections under a revised constitution, at Thammasat University's Rangsit campus outside of Bangkok on Monday (Aug 10, 2020). - Reuters

BANGKOK, Aug 10 (dpa): Two political demonstrations with different agendas took place on Monday outside Thailand's parliament building, with a group calling for constitutional changes facing royalist supporters.

Anusorn Unno, a professor at Thammasat University in Bangkok, led a group of activists that called for the introduction of a new constitution.

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