Protesters carry flags and banners as they march toward central Bangkok November 4, 2013. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra sought to defuse rising tension in Bangkok on Tuesday, saying she would accept any Senate decision on a political amnesty bill that could see the return of her convicted billionaire brother and former premier.
The bill, which critics say is a thinly veiled attempt to whitewash the crimes of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was overthrown in a 2006 military coup, sailed through Thailand's lower house of parliament last week, provoking widespread public outrage, and is set to be debated in the Senate on Monday.
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