BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's royal palace asked television to air film on Sunday of the king intervening in 1992 to defuse political bloodshed; a show of concern that protests against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra could end in violence.
All six networks showed Suchinda Kraprayoon, then head of a military-led government, and Chamlong Srimuang, who led a "people power" protest to oust him, prostrating themselves before revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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