Thai Future Forward Party's leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit addressing his supporters during an unauthorised rally in downtown Bangkok on Saturday. Thousands rallied behind the popular leader in the first major protest since March elections returned the military junta to power. - AFP
BANGKOK: Thousands of people joined Bangkok's biggest protest since a 2014 coup on Saturday, after authorities in Thailand moved to ban a party that has rallied opposition to the government of former military ruler Prayut Chan-O-Cha.
The demonstration, called a day earlier by Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a 41-year-old billionaire, revived memories of the spasms of street protest that have roiled Bangkok periodically over the past two decades of turbulent politics.
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