BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s party kicked off campaigning for February elections in the face of an opposition boycott and protester plans to “shut down” Bangkok in a bid to derail the vote.
The Puea Thai party launched its re-election bid with rallies in its northern heartlands and on the outskirts of the capital, which has been shaken by weeks of sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations that have left eight people dead and about 400 wounded.
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