Bangkok tense as Government supporters gather

Thailand News.Net
Sunday 30th November, 2008

The city of Bangkok has become edgy after supporters of Thailand's troubled Government set up a protest camp in the middle of the city.

Thousands of red-clad government supporters have rallied in the capital, in their first major show of strength since the People's Alliance for Democracy launched took over the airports in an effort to unseat the government.

On the weekend police ordered thousands of anti-Government protesters blockading the airports to leave, warning that anyone who stayed on would be jailed or fined.

Although police have vowed to keep the two protesting sides apart, when pro-Government forces held a rally in the same part of Bangkok in September, fighting began when they approached PAD demonstrators.

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