to be diverted instead to fighting the covid pandemic. the police walled off the prime minister s home and much of bangkok s royal quarter. they push the protesters back with volleys of tear gas. a now familiar confrontation we are seeing each weekend despite the government s declaration that such gatherings are strictly forbidden. the grievances that fired up thailand s youth last year have not gone away. if anything, the government s botched vaccine rollout combined with the rapid spread of the delta variant overwhelming hospitals and morgues in a country that largely contained the virus last year, has sparked even wider public anger. the prime minister, who seized power seven years ago in a coup, is seen by many as out of touch and authoritarian.
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