Foreign Desk Report
BANGKOK: Thousands of demonstrators marched on Thailand’s police headquarters in downtown Bangkok on Wednesday for a second day of protests, after six people were shot during violent clashes.
The kingdom has been rocked by months of protests demanding changes to the constitution, the removal of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha – and even changes to the untouchable monarchy.
Protesters – numbering more than 10,000 according to media reports estimated on Wednesday – packed the Ratchaprasong intersection in the heart of Bangkok’s shopping and commercial district, after their leaders vowed to step up the movement.
After daubing anti-royal slogans on walls and the ground they marched on the heavily-defended national police headquarters – led by a clown and a parade of giant inflatable rubber ducks.
