Thai Protesters Begin Bangkok Blockade to Oust Yingluck
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About 80,000 Thai protesters blocked major roads in Bangkok, disrupting traffic and increasing pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign.
The demonstrators set up stages at five intersections in Bangkok’s central business districts, and two others at Lad Prao and the Government Complex at Chaeng Wattana in northern Bangkok. The demonstrators plan to maintain the blockade until Yingluck agrees to postpone the Feb. 2 election and allow an unelected council to reform the political system.