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Fuel protest convoy seeking 10-baht diesel cut due in Bangkok Sunday

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A fuel protest convoy led by Krabi headman Mano Khrueakaew plans to reach Government House in Bangkok on Sunday evening, November 8, to demand a 10-baht-a-litre cut in diesel prices . Bangkok police have banned public gatherings within 50 metres of the compound until midnight on November 20.

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Mano, the kamnan, or subdistrict headman, of Krabi Noi in Krabi province, leads a group called the People’s Revolution Alliance to Protect the Land. Speaking in Chumphon yesterday, November 6, he said the convoy was heading for Gate 4 of Government House and would also press the government over drug problems he said had spread to every area. He told Daily News the group would stay put if the cut was not made.

The convoy set off from Nakhon Si Thammarat on the morning of November 5 and spent the night in Surat Thani. It reached the Pathomphon intersection on Phetkasem Road (Highway 4) in Mueang Chumphon district at about 4pm on November 6, where supporters had been waiting since late morning and traffic slowed.

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