Thai Buddhist monk vows to fight on even as protesters scale back

Buddhist monk and anti-government protest leader Luang Pu Buddha Issara (C) is escorted from the stage at a protest site north of Bangkok March 1, 2014. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A young Thai man and woman are on their knees, their palms pressed in supplication to the saffron-robed Buddhist monk, an anti-government protest leader, looming before them.

Accused of being pro-government spies they have been brought before the monk at a protest site in north of Bangkok by burly guards donning tinted sunglasses.