Thai Protesters Rally as Parliament Debates Charter Changes
- Police fire water cannons at protesters outside parliament
- Lawmakers set to vote on pathways to amend constitution
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Thai riot police sprayed water cannons at pro-democracy activists rallying near the parliament as lawmakers began a debate on a roadmap for amending the nation’s constitution.
Hundreds of protesters, with some donning helmets and masks, tried to breach concrete barricades and barbed wire at an intersection outside the parliament building in central Bangkok, prompting the police to fire water cannons to disperse the crowd. The protesters in turn threw smoke bombs at the police, local media reported.