Thailand: Protesters take to Bangkok streets despite warning | Thailand

Protesters demand the removal of PM Prayuth Chan-ocha who first took power in a 2014 coup.

Hundreds of protesters took to streets across Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Saturday in defiance of a crackdown on three months of demonstrations aimed at the government and the powerful monarchy.

After police used water cannon for the first time against a protest by thousands in central Bangkok on Friday, protesters agreed to assemble at different points across the city on Saturday.

Several hundred, many in black T-shirts, staged a rally at the Lat Phrao station in northern Bangkok.

Protests were also reported from several other parts of the city as police said rail services were shutting in much of central Bangkok to thwart the demonstrations.

“Prayuth, get out,” the protesters chanted, in reference to Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former military ruler they accuse of engineering…