BANGKOK: Thailand will temporarily scrap a tax on rubber exports to support fallen prices, a move aimed at appeasing angry rubber farmers who are demanding a price subsidy and have staged mass protests, disrupting road and rail services in the south.
Around 20,000 protesters gathered at three main rally sites in the south of the country on Wednesday, but by yesterday only about 300 remained, blocking a few roads and rail routes.
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