Thais defy protest ban in tens of thousands in Bangkok


  • World
  • Thursday, 15 Oct 2020

Polices officers take position near Government House during the 47th anniversary of the 1973 student uprising, in Bangkok, Thailand October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Thai protesters cheered and chanted into the night in central Bangkok on Thursday in a show of mass defiance to a ban on demonstrations designed to end more than three months of anti-government action.

As they dispersed at 10 p.m. (1500 GMT), protesters pledged to return to the same place every day.

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