By Amelie Bottollier-Depois (AFP)
BANGKOK — With neatly spaced tents, massages, free vegetarian meals and a heavy dose of nationalist rhetoric, Thailand’s powerful royalist “Yellow Shirts” are back on the streets of Bangkok.
More than a thousand people have camped out around the government’s compound since Tuesday, demonstrating against its handling of a border dispute with neighbouring Cambodia.
Despite relatively small numbers compared to their arch enemies — the anti-government “Red Shirts” whose most recent rally attracted nearly 30,000 people — the group has managed to choke off streets around Government House.
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More than a thousand people have camped out around the government’s compound since Tuesday, demonstrating against its handling of a border dispute with neighbouring Cambodia.
Despite relatively small numbers compared to their arch enemies — the anti-government “Red Shirts” whose most recent rally attracted nearly 30,000 people — the group has managed to choke off streets around Government House.
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