BANGKOK: Vote counting got underway in Thailand's general election on Sunday (May 14) with pro-democracy opposition parties tipped to defeat the conservative military-backed government of P
erupted across Bangkok in 2020 with demands to curb the power and spending of Thailand's king - breaching a long-held taboo on questioning the monarchy.
"Younger generations these days care about their rights and they will come out to vote," he told reporters. Rights groups accuse Prayut of overseeing a major crackdown on basic freedoms, with a huge spike in prosecutions under Thailand's draconian royal defamation laws.
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