Monday, 29 December 2008
Thai anti-government supporters surround parliament (AP)
December 29, 2008Anne Barrowclough
Times Online (UK)
Thousands of anti-government protesters have surrounded Thailand's parliament, forcing newly installed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to postpone his maiden speech, which he had been due to give today.
Carrying signs reading 'Government of treason', and 'Give us back real democracy', the protesters, who support the exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra blocked the entrances to parliament and dared MPs to pass through their ranks to get into the building.
With only a few opposition politicians willing to run the gauntlet of red-shirted protesters from the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD) Mr Abhisit's speech was delayed for five hours.
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