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Red shirts join protest with temple fair atmosphere

Anti-government demonstrators gather on Aksa Road, where Bangkok’s Thawi Watthana district and Nakhon Pathom’s Buddha Monthon district adjoin, on Sunday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Anti-government protesters held a light-hearted rally on the western outskirts of Bangkok Sunday afternoon, where they were joined by red-shirted veterans of a 2014 protest at the same site.

About 1,500 people showed up at the latest edition of near-daily anti-government rallies. It took place on Aksa Road at the intersection between Buddha Monthon 3 Road in Bangkok’s Thawi Watthana district and Buddha Monthon 4 Road in Nakhon Pathom’s Buddha Monthon district.

Police were deployed to keep demonstrators outside the 150-metre radius of the Thawi Watthana Palace.

Protesters on stage once again repeated demands for the…

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