Hundreds of Myanmar anti-junta protesters rally in Bangkok

Protesters hold up a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi and raise three-finger salutes during the demonstration to mark the third anniversary of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, outside of the United Nations office in Bangkok, on Feb 1, 2024. - Reuters

BANGKOK: Hundreds of protesters screamed and wept as they demonstrated against Myanmar's junta in Thailand's capital on Thursday (Feb 1), the third anniversary of an army coup that ended the country's brief spell of democracy.

Young and old gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Bangkok, wearing T-shirts showing jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with white flowers in their hair and red bandanas on their foreheads.