Police stand guard behind barbed wire barricading the base entrance of the 11th Infantry Regiment, a palace security unit under direct command of the Thai king, as they await for the arrival of protesters Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Pro-democracy demonstrators are continuing their protests calling for the government to step down and reforms to the constitution and the monarchy, despite legal charges being filed against them and the possibility of violence from their opponents or a military crackdown. - AP
BANGKOK, Nov 29 (Reuters): Thai anti-government protesters challenged on Sunday King Maha Vajiralongkorn's personal control over some army units to condemn the military's role in politics.
It was the latest open defiance of the king by protesters, who have broken taboos by criticising the monarchy in a country where it is officially revered under the constitution and laws to ban insulting it.
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