Thai marchers link their democracy cause to Myanmar protests

The demonstrators abandoned their plan several hours later after taking an online vote of their supporters

Migrant workers from Myanmar flash the three-finger protest gesture while they hold banners with images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi before participating in a march by Thai pro-democracy activists in Bangkok on Sunday (Fu Ting/AP)

A new faction of Thailand’s pro-democracy movement has staged a protest march and linked their cause with that of demonstrators in neighbouring Myanmar battling that country’s coup-installed military government.

Marchers sought but failed to go to Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s house, which is on an army base in Bangkok. Shipping containers were situated to block them, and police using water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas barred the way.