Thousands rally in Bangkok to protest against ousting of prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006
Supporters of the exiled Thaksin Shinawatra rally in Bangkok, Thailand, three years after he was ousted. Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty ImagesAssociate Press
More than 6,000 Thai police were out in force today in Bangkok as anti-government protesters marked the third anniversary of a military coup they say was a major setback for the democratic system.
In a separate protest in north-eastern Thailand, violence broke out as a different political group broke through police lines to march to a temple on the Cambodian border and demand the Thai government recover disputed territory.
Many of the protesters in Bangkok were supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister who was ousted on September 19 2006 after being accused of abuse of power and disrespect to the country's constitutional monarch, 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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