Protests spread in Bangkok.

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Protests spread in Bangkok.

Postby Royal » Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:13 am

Protests spread in Bangkok
5th April 2010

BANGKOK - THOUSANDS of defiant anti-government demonstrators fanned out to other parts of Thailand's capital on Monday after ignoring police orders to end their occupation of Bangkok's paralysed commercial district.

Their major target was the Election Commission, where columns of 'Red Shirts' threatened to storm the building unless the commission chief met them for talks.

The protesters, mostly farmers from impoverished provincial areas, have sworn not to let up their pressure until the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva steps down and new elections are called.

Jatuporn Prompan, a protest leader, said on Sunday night that the demonstrators would maintain bases within both Bangkok's commercial heart and the separate historic quarter of the city - where they began to encamp March 12 - but also branch out to other locations. He also issued a threat to big businesses, saying they would be 'in big trouble' if they didn't sever their connections to the government.

The weekend protests forced the closure of more than six upscale shopping malls and tough security measures at nearby five-star hotels, with economic losses estimated at up to 500 million baht (S$21.6 million) a day. Doors of the shopping centers as well as many offices and banks in the area remained closed on Monday.

On Sunday, the government said a court would issue an eviction order, which the protesters planned to defy. PM Abhisit has repeatedly refused demands of the Red Shirts that he immediately dissolve Parliament and call new elections, despite protracted protests in the capital and unsuccessful negotiations last week. -- AP
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