BANGKOK: Thousands of supporters of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra laid siege to the Government House Thursday in another desperate attempt to force out the three-month-old government of Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The redshirt-clad protesters, armed with footclappers, marched from Sanam Luang several kilometres away to the seat of the kingdom’s administration, six days after Thaksin’s allies in the Puea Thai party failed to garner enough support for their no confidence motion against Abhisit in Parliament.
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