Thailand protesters demand govt. step down

Tens of thousands of supporters of deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have gathered in Bangkok to demand the government to step down.

Some 45,000 protesters have reportedly turned up at the rally site on Sunday. Organizers say protests would continue for several days and that they expect some 600,000 to turn to the streets.

Security forces have also been deployed outside government offices to ward off potential violence. The government has enacted the Internal Security Act for the rallies.

The Act allows authorities to set up checkpoints, impose curfews, and limit movements.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has refused to bow to the protesters' calls for his resignation.

Pro-Thaksin rallies come two weeks after Thailand's top court confiscated some one-and-a-half billion dollars of his assets. Thaksin was toppled amid allegations of corruption and abuse of power in 2006.

Source: PressTV.
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