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Bangkok Protests Spread To Thailand’s Northeast

Video of fires and protests in Thailand’s Northeast. Footage provided by PEPS TV International, Khon Kaen. Produced by Isaac Johnson.

Thailand’s Red Shirts defy state of emergency

Defiant anti-government demonstrators dared Thailand’s government to break up their escalating protests, vowing to continue staging mass rallies in the capital despite a state of emergency that empowers the military to move against large gatherings. The country’s beleaguered prime minister declared the state of emergency to quell weeks of protests that have paralysed the government and cost businesses tens of millions of dollars. But the protesters showed no sign of giving up, as hundreds attended rallies in the city centre and besieged a satellite company building. The move by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva came after mostly peaceful protests turned chaotic when demonstrators burst into Parliament and forced lawmakers to flee on ladders over a back wall, with senior officials hastily evacuated by helicopter. The confrontation is part of the long-running battle between partisans of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted by a 2006 military coup, and those who oppose him. Thaksin was accused of corruption and showing disrespect to the country’s revered monarch. The demonstrators, called the Red Shirts for their attire, want Abhisit to dissolve parliament within 15 days and call new elections, claiming he took office illegitimately in December 2008 with the help of military pressure on parliament. Instead, the prime minister has offered to do so by the end of the year. “I feel unsatisfied with this. I don’t think it’s necessary to make this decree now. That’s why I came …

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Thailand’s military sticks knife in as election commission rules against Abhisit

Thailand’s Election Commission has recommended the embattled ruling party of Abhisit Vejjajiva be dissolved, potentially handing victory to anti-government protesters who have demanded the prime minister step down. The ruling comes the same day that Thailand’s influential army chief appeared to back a key demand of the protesters, saying Parliament might need to be dissolved to resolve the country’s violent political standoff. Anupong Paochinda, Chief of Army: “If the issue can’t be resolved through political means, I understand that the parliament dissolution has to come, now it seems like I’m involved in politics, I think it would end in dissolution. When to dissolve is for them to discuss, as well as the time frame and constitution amendment. Now I’m too involved. I understand that it will end with parliament dissolution. Some people have suggested a government of national unity, I don’t know. I’ll leave the matter to them. I only want peace, that’s all I’m asking.” Together, these comments and the election body’s decision could spell the end of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s rule. The commission found the Democrat Party guilty of misusing campaign donations. Abhisit was seen as having the backing of the military, which has traditionally played an important role in the country’s politics. But his control of security forces has increasingly been called into question as protesters repeatedly marched through the capital. In the recent clashes 21 people were killed. It …