Post by Queen of the Damned on Apr 12, 2009 20:35:55 GMT -5
Thai PM declares state of emergency; former PM calls for revolt
Posted: 02:47 PM ET
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced a state of emergency Sunday in the capital city, Bangkok, and surrounding areas in an attempt to tamp down days of intensifying anti-government protests.
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a video-link speech from an unknown location, urged his supporters to revolt, according to a report from military-run network MCOT, a CNN affiliate.
Thaksin said he would return to Thailand to lead people in a march on the capital if necessary, according to the report.
Immediately after Abhisit’s state-of-emergency declaration, dozens of protesters stormed the country’s Interior Ministry and pelted Abhisit’s car with rocks, chairs, flags and sticks as he escaped.
cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/12/thai-pm-declares-state-of-emergency-former-pm-calls-for-revolt/
Posted: 02:47 PM ET
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced a state of emergency Sunday in the capital city, Bangkok, and surrounding areas in an attempt to tamp down days of intensifying anti-government protests.
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a video-link speech from an unknown location, urged his supporters to revolt, according to a report from military-run network MCOT, a CNN affiliate.
Thaksin said he would return to Thailand to lead people in a march on the capital if necessary, according to the report.
Immediately after Abhisit’s state-of-emergency declaration, dozens of protesters stormed the country’s Interior Ministry and pelted Abhisit’s car with rocks, chairs, flags and sticks as he escaped.
cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/12/thai-pm-declares-state-of-emergency-former-pm-calls-for-revolt/
