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Thai police have fired water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangkok for a second consecutive day as demonstrators rallied against the government and its handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Hundreds sought to rally near the residence of prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to demand his resignation for government corruption and mismanagement of the pandemic.

Reuters reports protesters threw paint at a line of riot police who confronted them as they tried to march on the PM’s home and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and charging to disperse them.




Anti-government protesters flash the three-finger salute as they face riot police during a rally in Bangkok on Wednesday. Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA

Barbed wire fences and shipping containers were used to block the road. The Associated Press reports that…

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