The protests are not going to end. It has just start building up again, and is planning to go to the provinces. There will be a regional summit in Jone.
Thaksin "red shirts" gather again in Bangkok
Thaksin "red shirts" gather again in Bangkok
BANGKOK, April 25 (Reuters) - About 3,000 supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gathered in Bangkok on Saturday for their first rally in the capital since violent street clashes two weeks ago.
Security was tight with 450 police monitoring the crowd of red-shirted protesters at Sanam Luang, a public square near Bangkok's Grand Palace.
"The protest is going well so far. No violence," Police Major General Suporn Pansuea told Reuters.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ended a 12-day state of emergency in the capital on Friday, ...
A leader of the pro-Thaksin United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) said the rally would be peaceful and end around midnight.
"Our request is the same. We want the Prime Minister to quit," Somyos Prueksakasemsuk said.
The UDD plan more rallies in the provinces before returning to Bangkok for a large demonstration in May, he said. ...
Security was tight with 450 police monitoring the crowd of red-shirted protesters at Sanam Luang, a public square near Bangkok's Grand Palace.
"The protest is going well so far. No violence," Police Major General Suporn Pansuea told Reuters.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ended a 12-day state of emergency in the capital on Friday, ...
A leader of the pro-Thaksin United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) said the rally would be peaceful and end around midnight.
"Our request is the same. We want the Prime Minister to quit," Somyos Prueksakasemsuk said.
The UDD plan more rallies in the provinces before returning to Bangkok for a large demonstration in May, he said. ...
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