Thai protesters take to Facebook to target businesses linked to PM


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  • Thursday, 20 Feb 2014

Thai soldiers stand guard near a barbed wire fence as anti-government protesters gather outside at a Defence Ministry compound in north Bangkok, which is serving as a temporary office for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters campaigning to oust Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra turned to Facebook and other social media to attack businesses linked to her family on Thursday and rallied outside the offices of a property developer whose share price tumbled.

Yingluck's government appears increasingly hemmed in by opponents and the judicial system, lacking the fiscal powers to fund key policies and warned by a court on Wednesday that it cannot use a state of emergency to disperse protesters.

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