Covid-19 keeps a lid on protest turnout in Thailand but violence is escalating


A demonstrator uses a racket against a tear gas canister during a protest in Bangkok on Aug 13, 2021.- Reuters

BANGKOK, Aug 14 (The Straits Times/ANN): The risk of Covid-19 has kept a lid on turnout as street protests return in Thailand but political observers believe protest groups still lack unity, with differing demands and goals, which make it hard for them to have any impact.

But the level of violence has escalated.

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