A royalist protester holds a framed picture of the late Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok August 16, 2020, ahead of anti-government protests in the Thai capital. — AFP pic
While the anti-government protesters drew more than 10,000 people to the biggest demonstration in years on Sunday, counter-protests by loyalists have drawn at most a few dozen people. The return of protests to Bangkok streets has revived fears of more than a decade of colour-coded clashes between supporters of the establishment and their populist-backing opponents before a 2014 coup in which Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha took power.
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