Thailand in Turmoil (Part 2)

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Malaysian

Malaysians in Thailand are safe and have no problem leaving the country as the airport is open. (announcement from Malaysia Embassy in Bangkok as at now, 21:45Hrs - 13th April 2009, +7GMT)

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Thai soldiers watch for anti-government demonstrators as they clear an intersection early Monday (13th April, 2009) in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai soldiers unleashed hundreds of rounds of automatic weapons fire to clear rock-throwing anti-government protesters from a major intersection in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness Monday.

Red-shirted anti-government protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pull Niphon Promphan, secretary of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (centre), out of his car after attacking him at Interior Ministry in Bangkok.

Anti-government demonstrators cheer after taking over a Thai Army armored personnel carrier.


Red-shirted anti-government protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra circle to attack the car of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva as Abhisit's security guards (in black jackets) try in vain to stop them.



An anti-government protester and supporter (right) knees down to plea for armed Thai soldiers not to use violence against protesters on the street near government house in Bangkok.


Anti-government demonstrators try to block a military vehicle near the Foreign Ministry.

Anti-government demonstrators capture a Thai Army armored personnel carrier near the Foreign Ministry.

Anti-government demonstrators cheer after taking over a Thai Army armored personnel carrier.

Anti-government protesters and supporters display a gun to symbolize they will defend themselves during a rally outside the government house after the announcement of a state of emergency in Bangkok.

Anti-government protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra fill up the street during a protest outside the government house in Bangkok, last Saturday (11th April, 2009).

Soldiers drive their tanks on the road in Bangkok. Thailand's embattled government, humiliated by demonstrators, declared a state of emergency in the capital Sunday in an attempt to stem the tide of protest across the country.

Anti-government protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra react to the speech of Thaksin who addresses the crowd via telephone from an undisclose location during a protest outside the government house in Bangkok.

Thai soldiers watch for anti-government snipers as they clear an intersection early Monday in downtown Bangkok.

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