BANGKOK: Thousands of riot police were deployed in the Thai capital to clear areas occupied for weeks by opposition protesters, tearing down makeshift barricades around the besieged government headquarters.
The operation in Bangkok marked an unexpected shift in tactics by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government after months during which the demonstrators have often appeared to be more in control of the city than the authorities.
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