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Protesters try to shut down Bangkok

Name: Protesters try to shut down Bangkok
Uploaded: 2014-01-13T10:38:30.650Z
Duration: 4 min 58 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Michael Peel says no one can predict how the power struggle will end

The intensity of the power struggle between the government of Yingluck Shinawatra and the wealthy Bangkok elite at the core of the protests jumped on Monday as the opposition, led by Suthep Thaugsuban, tried to bring the capital city to a standstill. The FT's Michael Peel reports.

January 13, 2014

Filmed by Michael Peel and Panvadee Uraisin. Produced and edited by Tom Griggs. Additional footage by Reuters