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Protesters give Prayut deadline to resign, release activists

Protesters display a mockup resignation letter for Gen Prayut to sign before presenting it to a representative of the Prime Minister on Wednesday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Anti-government protesters have given the prime minister three days to release detained activists and step down, or face a new round of demonstrations.

At the climax of a massive demonstration on a day that saw competing rallies, representatives of the pro-democracy movement submitted a mock resignation letter to the prime minister through Pratheep Keerathirekha, a deputy secretary-general of the prime minister, with Pol Lt Gen Pakkapong Pongpetra, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, as one of the witnesses. 

They then announced the end of the rally.

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