Thai Protesters to Blockade Bangkok in Bid to Oust Yingluck
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Thailand’s government is preparing to deploy 20,000 security personnel to counter a plan by protesters to create traffic chaos in central Bangkok in a push to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office.
Authorities are seeking to put enough security in place to thwart what anti-government forces are calling the “Bangkok shutdown” while avoiding clashes. Protests calling for Yingluck’s administration to be replaced with an unelected council have dragged on for more than two months and sparked violence that left eight people dead. Seven people were injured in a shooting incident near Bangkok’s Democracy Monument early this morning, the Bangkok Emergency Medical Service said.