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State of Emergency as Thai Protestors Stom Interior Ministry

by Amitjha | April 10, 2009 at 11:03 pm

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Thailand Local politics is creating big hurdle for the Asian leaders to discuss the issues of relevance.The opposition led some 2000 protesters reached Pattya resort and disrupted the proceeding.

Update: Latest report says that thai governmant imposed emergecy to control the situation.

Anti-government protesters in Thailand have smashed into the venue of a Asian summit in the resort of Pattaya.

A Thai government government spokesman said leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) decided to postpone the talks.

It is not clear so far whether only the Saturday session or the whole two-day summit has been cancelled.

Thailand has been in turmoil for months, following the removal of allies of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.

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gerrypopplestone

at 03:11 on April 11th, 2009

Fast reporting! I think the whole thing has been cancelled, though here in Bangkok it's a little uncertain. The Reds said they were not going to attack ASEAN: but thuggery got bthe better of them. I think it's irresponsible - they must know what a huge damage it does to the country. I used to support them: not any longer!

Amitjha

at 04:09 on April 11th, 2009

The Thai politics is really in shambles.Both groups, one of royal supporter and other of Thaksin supporter, behaving totally irresponsibly.

sara star

at 05:01 on April 12th, 2009

PATTAYA --Thailand declared a state of emergency in the city hosting a summit of Asian leaders and canceled the event for security reasons Saturday after more than 1,000 anti-government protesters stormed the venue.

The leaders were being evacuated by helicopter from the seaside city of Pattaya to a nearby military airport.

...The chaos dealt a major blow to Abhisit, who has been trying to project an image of calm and normality since taking power in a parliamentary vote four months ago after a court dissolved the previous government for election fraud.

...The protesters are supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a 2006 military coup. They say Abhisit was not elected by the people and should step down so new elections can be held.

...Abhisit, who has repeatedly refused to step down, went on national television and declared a state of emergency in the area surrounding the summit.

sara star

at 04:58 on April 12th, 2009

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were ready to help Thailand.