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Majority believe protesters have backers: poll

Student activist Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul leads a pro-democracy protest starting at Democracy Monument before the demonstrators march to Sanam Luang on Saturday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

A majority of people believe the People’s Group that has staged pro-democracy demonstrations is receiving backing from certain individuals, according to the result of a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

The poll was conducted in telephone interviews on Feb 8-10 on 1,315 people aged 18 and over of various levels of education and occupations throughout the country to compile their opinions on the protests staged by the People’s Group, or the so-called “three-finger protesters”.

A majority, 67.60%, of the respondents believed the protesters were led in the…

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