Thai protesters defy police and rally in Bangkok for royal reforms

So far more than 70 protesters and student leaders have been charged for allegedly insulting the monarchy and about a dozen are remanded in prison.On Wednesday, protesters gathered in Bangkok's main shopping district, chanting"release our friends" and"abolish 112" - a reference to the lese majeste law in Thailand's criminal code that shields the monarchy from criticism.

"It does not matter how many of our friends are arrested - 10 or a hundred - we will not stop coming out," Benja Apan, one of the protest leaders facing several royal defamation charges, told the crowd."It cannot stop our spirit. We will fight together. It will be good if our friends can be out fighting together with us.

Bangkok artist Chanaradee, 26 - who came out Wednesday to the Ratchaprasong intersection - said she wasn't put off by the police tactics. "I'm very disappointed and sad. My dad went to the mob alone ... he hurt himself. He fell over," she told AFP.

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