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Police use tear gas on protesters
Thai police use tear gas to disperse protesters
By SUTIN WANNABOVORN – 4 hours ago BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thai police used tear gas Friday to disperse a crowd of at least 2,000 anti-government protesters besieging city police headquarters. The crowd threw rocks at police and vandalized at least one police car parked nearby, TPBS television station reported. Protest leaders said they had come to police headquarters demanding the surrender of officers who allegedly beat demonstrators earlier in the day. Thousands of protesters have occupied Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's office compound for nearly four days. The People's Alliance for Democracy wants to force Samak's government to step down, accusing it of corruption and of serving as a proxy for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and faces several corruption cases. Thaksin has sought refuge in Britain, claiming he would not get a fair trial in Thailand. After Thaksin was deposed, his party was dissolved and he was banned from public office until 2012. But Samak led Thaksin's political allies to a December 2007 election victory, and their assumption of power triggered fears that Thaksin would make a political comeback. He remains popular with the country's rural majority. |
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Police use tear gas on protesters
Police should have arrested all of them much earlier! These idiots are being
exploited by evil people behind PAD, most like the royal family. wrote in message ... Thai police use tear gas to disperse protesters By SUTIN WANNABOVORN – 4 hours ago BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thai police used tear gas Friday to disperse a crowd of at least 2,000 anti-government protesters besieging city police headquarters. The crowd threw rocks at police and vandalized at least one police car parked nearby, TPBS television station reported. Protest leaders said they had come to police headquarters demanding the surrender of officers who allegedly beat demonstrators earlier in the day. Thousands of protesters have occupied Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's office compound for nearly four days. The People's Alliance for Democracy wants to force Samak's government to step down, accusing it of corruption and of serving as a proxy for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and faces several corruption cases. Thaksin has sought refuge in Britain, claiming he would not get a fair trial in Thailand. After Thaksin was deposed, his party was dissolved and he was banned from public office until 2012. But Samak led Thaksin's political allies to a December 2007 election victory, and their assumption of power triggered fears that Thaksin would make a political comeback. He remains popular with the country's rural majority. |
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