Thailand: Protest gets violent as demonstrators clash with police at Grand Palace

A pro-democracy protester (C) wields a table towards police during clashes at an anti-government demonstration at Sanam Luang near the Grand Palace in Bangkok on March 20, 2021. - Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP

BANGKOK, March 21 (AFP): Thai police used water cannon and rubber bullets outside Bangkok's Grand Palace on late Saturday night (March 20), after demonstrators broke through a barricade of shipping containers to demand reforms to the kingdom's unassailable monarchy.

It was the latest night of unrest since Thailand's pro-democracy movement kicked off in July, calling for an overhaul of Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha's administration and a rewrite of a military-scripted constitution.