Tension rises as Thailand blocks some websites, TV

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Tension rises as Thailand blocks some websites, TV
1 hour 56 mins ago
Jason Szep and Martin Petty

Thailand blocked opposition websites and TV channels on Thursday and the prime minister scrapped an overseas visit a day after a state of emergency was declared to quell nearly a month of mass protests.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called off a one-day trip to Vietnam for a Southeast Asian leaders summit as tension remained high, with "red shirt" protesters vowing defiance.

On Wednesday, they stormed parliament, forcing officials to flee by helicopter and triggering an emergency decree that gives the military broad powers to control unrest.

Despite the decree, the red-shirted supporters of twice-elected and now fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ignored orders to leave the capital's main shopping district and promised to stage their biggest rally yet on Friday.


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3. Thailand's red-shirt protesters occupy TV station

Thousands of Thai protesters have broken though police and army lines to occupy a building at a satellite station compound north of Bangkok.

Tear gas was used against the crowd but the anti-government protesters regrouped and pushed back, forcing the security forces to retreat.
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The red-shirts converged on the satellite station in Pathum Thani following Thursday's closure of the People Channel - an opposition broadcaster key to coordinating their efforts.

They have vowed to get the channel back on air.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8610740.stm