BANGKOK: Police fired water cannon at Thai protesters on Friday as they launched a "final fight" to topple a government that is on the ropes after its leader was dismissed.

Thousands of protesters left their main encampment in a park in the city's commercial district as their firebrand leader Suthep Thaugsuban issued a rallying cry for them to establish a parallel government.

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