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, reported the Bangkok Post.
Protesters on stage once again repeated demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, constitutional changes and reform of the royal institution.
The rally took place at the site of a red shirt demonstration in 2014, and most of the demonstrators appeared to be former members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship. They displayed coffins to commemorate comrades killed in previous protests.
Despite the symbolic gravity, the rally had the air of a temple fair and featured comedians along with speakers taking turns to criticise the government and the military.
Nonetheless, organisers said they had formed various groups of "guards" including vocational students to protect protesters from any attacks.
They confirmed that a rally would take place in front of the Crown Property Bureau on Wednesday.