Thai anti-coup protesters in Bangkok scuffled with troops on Sunday as they tried to evade a heavy security operation aimed at preventing dissent.<br /><br />Protesters showed up near the Terminal 21 shopping centre, chanting and holding signs saying “No Coup” and giving three-fingered salutes.<br /><br />One anonymous protester explained, “The meaning of this sign is anti-coup. We want democracy. We don’t want the military to take control.”<br /><br />Pro-democracy protesters have come out on the streets nearly every day, marching through Bangkok denounce the country’s May 22 coup.<br /><br />But political gatherings of five or more are illegal. So many small groups of four sit peacefully, reading books on dictatorship and totalitarianism, such as George Orwell’s classic “1984”.
