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du l67ch thái nguyên | 03ài tt - th tp." style="max-width:450px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;">Thousands of protesters marched on [/news/thailand/index.html Thailand]'s royal barracks last night holding inflatable rubber ducks - a symbol used by the peaceful pro-democracy movement to ridicule the police.<br>Heavily-armoured officers defended by shields and banks of barbed wire kept the demonstrators from getting close to the King's Guard headquarters in Bangkok on Sunday.<br>Protesters are demanding curbs on of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's power, including that he renounce his claim on several of the royal army regiments.<br>The months of demonstrations against the monarchy - once taboo due to a draconian royal defamation law - have reverberated through the ruling political class.<br>Sunday's protest - the latest in a series of near-daily turnouts across the capital - was meant to target the 11th Infantry Regiment.<br>         Anti-government protesters march with inflatable rubber ducks during a street protest calling for a political and monarchy reform at the 11th Infantry Regiment, the headquarters of the King's Guard regiment in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday night<br>         Riot police stand guard behind barbed wires and inflatable yellow ducks during an anti-government demonstration in the Thai capital<br>         Thousands of protesters marched on Thailand's royal barracks last night holding inflatable rubber ducks - 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a move experts saw as a way for the monarch to assert more authority.<br>'These two regiments have been involved in cracking down on people in the past,' said prominent protest leader Parit 'Penguin' Chiwarak.<br>'They have also played key roles in past coups.'<br>The black-clad protesters wore hair clips with yellow rubber ducks, while those on the frontlines donned gas masks and helmets - prepared for any potential skirmishes with authorities.<br>Two water cannon trucks were parked at the entrance, which was covered with coils of barbed wire.<br><br>Police in riot gear stood guard outside.<br>'The things used against us are bought using our taxes, so they are using our money to hurt us,' Farng, a 30-year-old graduate student, told AFP, declining to provide her full name.<br>         A protester hurls red paint at riot police stationed outside the royal barracks last night<br>         Hundreds of heavily-armoured officers stand guard outside the royal barracks as inflatable ducks are thrown at their feet<br>         Riot police use shields as cover from red paint thrown by protesters during a rally outside the base of the 11th Infantry Regiment,a palace security unit under direct command of the Thai king, in Bangkok<br>         Anti-riot police officers are deployed behind barbwires during an anti-government street protest calling for a political and monarchy reform at the 11th Infantry Regiment, the headquarters of the King's Guard regiment in Bangkok, Thailand, 29 November 2020<br>         Anti-government protesters march with inflatable rubber ducks during a street protest calling for a political and monarchy reform at the 11th Infantry Regiment, the headquarters of the King's Guard regiment in Bangkok<br>'As taxpayers, the army should be serving us, not the monarchy,' she said.<br><br>'Their duty should be to protect the people.'<br>Protesters folded into paper planes a 'people's declaration' - 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