Treading softly, Thai riot police reclaim Bangkok protest site


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Feb 2014

An anti-government protester sits on a main road as riot police stand guard at a barricade near the Government Complex in Bangkok February 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai riot police reclaimed a main Bangkok thoroughfare on Friday that has been occupied for months by demonstrators seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and said they would move to seize other protest sites in coming days.

There were no reports of clashes in a "softly softly" operation that appeared designed to test the strength of the dwindling bands of anti-government protesters who have been disrupting life in the Thai capital since November.

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