Citizens continue to protest as Thai prime minister refuses to quit
The protest movement has broken taboos about publicly criticising the royal family, which sits at the apex of power in Thailand
Bangkok — Thousands of antigovernment protesters gathered in the Thai capital for a third straight day after Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha rejected calls to quit, escalating a three-month-old movement demanding greater democracy and less power for the monarchy.
Riot police used water cannons to try to disperse demonstrators, who defied emergency rules and a ban on large gatherings with a last-minute change in the protest venue to hold a rally at the main intersection near the MBK Centre shopping mall in central Bangkok. A flash mob also staged a rally in Chiang Rai province in Northern Thailand as protest leaders called for demonstrations across the nation...
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