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Thousands of Thai protesters swarmed over main Bangkok streets on Monday, firing an early salvo against a contentious planned amnesty law that threatens to trigger the return of a debilitating national political conflict.
Demonstrators led by the opposition Democrats brought traffic in the business district’s Silom Road to a halt amid a deafening cascade of whistles, while another large group of marchers paralysed roads between Samsen railway station and the royal Grand Palace.