Out on bail, prominent Thai protest leader pledges to keep up campaign

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BANGKOK (REUTERS) - One of the most prominent leaders of more than three months of anti-government protests in Thailand was freed on bail on Friday (Oct 23) and pledged to keep up the campaign to remove Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BANGKOK - One of the most prominent leaders of more than three months of anti-government protests in Thailand was freed on bail on Friday and pledged to keep up the campaign to remove Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

His time in jail"has just changed my hairstyle but not our spirit and our demands", Jatupat said, referring to the regulation buzz cut he was given in detention.Protesters have given Mr Prayut until Sunday to quit or face further action. They say Mr Prayut, a former military leader, engineered last year's election to hold onto power he first took in a 2014 coup. He says the election was fair.

The protests since July have been the biggest challenge to Thailand's establishment in years and have also prompted unprecedented criticism of the monarchy - outraging Thai royalists.

 

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