They set up barricade on the roads, closed the entrances to the skywalks but left one entrance on MBK side for people to go to skytrain station.&nbsp;
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	Some 1,000 protesters led by the People&#39;s Democratic Reform Committee have started rallying at the Pathumwan Intersection Sunday night ahead of the Monday Bangkok Shutdown.</div>
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	A spokeswoman at the Democracy Monument rally stage that the PDRC decided to send the protesters to seize the area to set up a stage for fear that police would try to block them on Monday.</div>

Pathumwan Intersection sealed off

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