Taking to the streets: Pro-democracy protesters flashing the three-fingered salute as they occupy a main road at the central business district in Bangkok. — AP
THOUSANDS of Thai protesters demonstrated in Bangkok, defying a ban imposed to end three months of anti-government action that has targeted King Maha Vajiralongkorn as well as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a former junta leader.
Despite police appeals over a loudspeaker to disperse, the group gathered at the Ratchaprasong Intersection in one of Bangkok’s busiest commercial districts yesterday.Protesters also filled the walkways of the nearby shopping complex, holding up the three-finger salute adopted as a symbol of opposition after Prayut’s 2014 coup.
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