Thai protesters enter army headquarters
About 1,500 anti-government protesters have forced their way into the compound of the Royal Thai Army headquarters in Bangkok.
The move is the latest escalation in a city-wide demonstration seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
In another area of the city, hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the prime minister’s ruling party headquarters.
They accuse her of abusing her party's parliamentary majority to push through laws that strengthen the behind-the-scenes power of her self-exiled brother and former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
12 years ago by Fluxatir
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I don't see this movement dying down soon. I'm in Khon Kaen, a town in Isan, which is typically Thaksin's power base. But even here, people are marching in the streets and blowing whistles. I spoke to a shopkeeper who was very sympathetic to the anti-government movement. He was telling me how they were doing this so the Government never tries to pull shit like the amnesty bill ever again. And that's why I think it won't die down; they're protesting the Government itself, and not just a specific law or measure from which the Government can back down.