Thailand shuts down TV and Websites
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April 9, 2010, Friday
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THAILAND shut down a satellite television station and Websites of anti-government demonstrators yesterday after declaring a state of emergency, then issued arrest warrants for protest leaders accused of storming parliament.
The defiant "Red Shirts," attempting to drive Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva from office and force new elections, planned another mass rally today despite the emergency order that empowers the military to move against large gatherings.
Abhisit canceled a trip to Hanoi yesterday to attend a summit of Southeast Asian leaders as he groped for ways to resolve the monthlong crisis without use of armed force.
"What the government wants is peace and happiness," Abhisit said in televised remarks late yesterday, explaining that the government had clamped down on opposition media that were "manipulating information that is creating hate."
He said that arrest warrants had been issued for seven protest leaders accused of briefly forcing their way into the parliament compound on Wednesday. Lawmakers were forced to flee on ladders over a back wall and senior officials were hastily evacuated by helicopter.
The confrontation is part of a long-running battle between the mostly poor and rural supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a 2006 military coup, and those who oppose him. Thaksin was accused of corruption.
(AP)
The defiant "Red Shirts," attempting to drive Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva from office and force new elections, planned another mass rally today despite the emergency order that empowers the military to move against large gatherings.
Abhisit canceled a trip to Hanoi yesterday to attend a summit of Southeast Asian leaders as he groped for ways to resolve the monthlong crisis without use of armed force.
"What the government wants is peace and happiness," Abhisit said in televised remarks late yesterday, explaining that the government had clamped down on opposition media that were "manipulating information that is creating hate."
He said that arrest warrants had been issued for seven protest leaders accused of briefly forcing their way into the parliament compound on Wednesday. Lawmakers were forced to flee on ladders over a back wall and senior officials were hastily evacuated by helicopter.
The confrontation is part of a long-running battle between the mostly poor and rural supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a 2006 military coup, and those who oppose him. Thaksin was accused of corruption.
(AP)
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