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.
The United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration, one of the…
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