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Thai protesters celebrate Coronation Day with prayers to topple Prime Minister

2014-05-06 117 Dailymotion

Thousands of protesters gather in the old city area of Bangkok to celebrate His Majesty the King's 64th Coronation Day and call for a change in government.<br/> <br />Crowds in yellow shirts gather to extend best wishes to the Thai King and pray for success in their latest plan to topple caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) PROTEST LEADER, SUTHEP THUAGSUBAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We ask for your blessing for the power of the people to remain strong, determined and brave to fight against the country's enemy and achieve victory."<br/> <br />Protesters have been trying to oust the Prime Minister since November -- part of a long-running crisis that broadly pits Bangkok's middle class and royalist establishment against the mainly poor supporters of Yingluck and her brother, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.<br/> <br />A general election is expected to be held July 20. But anti-government protesters who disrupted a vote in February say they want electoral reforms before a new poll

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