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53 Thai laborers have taken refuge at the Thai embassy in Qatar after striking to protest alleged violations of their work contracts by local employers, reported The Peninsula newspaper of Doha this morning.

By coincidence, the workers fled into the embassy on Sept 19, the day the military ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawtra in a bloodless coup.

Karoon Lirdluckanawong, First Secretary at the Thai Embassy, told the newspaper the workers quit their jobs and sought the mission's help after the construction company denied them salaries, food and accommodation.