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Police have blocked access to the Royal Plaza in an effort to second guess protesters’ plans to march to the Royal Plaza this afternoon. Protesters announced this afternoon’s rally, scheduled to start at 4pm, with a proposed march to an unannounced location. Police have suspected it would ether be Sanam Luang, adjacent to the Grand Palace, the Royal Plaza, or Government House. Protesters are calling today’s rally the “Great March Gathering”.

They’ve already barricaded access with used busses, razor wire and steel barriers at the Makkawan Rangsan Bridge, on Rajdamnoen Nai Road. The Royal Plaza was ‘locked down’ at dawn this morning.

Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwon has warned protesters to remain peaceful and not break the law, whilst police made it clear to the protesters not to venture within a 150 metre radius of the Dusit Palace.

Traffic police say that motorists should…