Anti-Thaksin protesters defy cops (Thailand)

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Monday, March 20, 2006

BANGKOK: Organizers of an around-the-clock protest outside the Thai prime minister’s office vowed Sunday not to budge, inviting police to arrest them after the government urged protesters to leave.

Antigovernment protesters have camped for nearly a week outside government House—where they have set up tents and a giant stage where speeches were delivered accusing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of corruption and abuse of power—saying they won’t leave until he resigns.

Protest leader Chamlong Srimuang told a cheering crowd of a few thousand after sunrise Sunday, “Our protest is important because we are protecting the country from Thaksin.” <snip>

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