Thousands march against Thailand's embattled government
Protesters in Thailand's capital entered the Finance
Ministry compound Monday in an escalating campaign to topple the government of
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. A crowd of protesters swarmed into the
compound's courtyard and then entered buildings, including the ministry itself
and the Budget Bureau, in the boldest act yet of opposition-led protests that
started last month. The intrusion was one of several tense encounters on a day
when protesters fanned out to 13 locations across Bangkok, snarling traffic and
raising concerns of violence in Thailand's ongoing political crisis. Protesters
say they want Yingluck to step down amid claims that her government is
controlled by her older brother, ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
Monday's rally came a day after about 100,000 people marched in Bangkok,
staging the largest rally Thailand has seen in years.
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