Protesters block road preventing MPs access to Parliament

BANGKOK, June 1 – Anti-government groups on Friday rallying outside Parliament to oppose the passage of reconciliation bills to be considered today have blocked a key route preventing lawmakers from entering parliament to start deliberations.

The multi-coloured shirt group led by Tul Sitthisomwong blockaded Kan Ruen intersection on Ratchawithee Road which also virtually blocks the only entrance to Parliament. Yellow-shirted People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) activists have joined the multi-coloured group in blocking the road.

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