Thai police have fired rubber bullets at protesters trying to get into the compound housing the prime minister's office in Bangkok.
It happened after Yingluck Shinawatra said in a televised address that officers would not use force against the demonstrators.
She said her immediate aim was to restore "peace" to the capital's streets and vowed police would "not use force against the people."
However, shortly afterwards, Thailand's security chief revealed police were "alternating between the use of water cannons, teargas and rubber bullets" to contain the protesters.
A bus that was set on fire during the protests Paradorn Pattanathabutr added: "Rubber bullets are being used in one area only and that is the bridge near Government House."
Protesters are attempting to remove the government, which they claim is corrupt, and replace it with a 'People's Council'.
Ms Yingluck rejected their demands in her TV address.
"Anything I can do to make people happy, I am willing to do ... but as prime minister what I can do must be under the constitution," she said.
Demonstrators flee from riot police Ms Yingluck was speaking for the first time since violence broke out on Saturday after weeks of peaceful protest.
On Sunday, protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban gave her two days to stand down.
Speaking after the pair met for talks, he said: "I told Yingluck that if police put down their weapons, we will welcome them as they are also Thai.
"I told Yingluck that this will be our only meeting and we will not meet again until the people win."
Protesters near the police HQ in Bangkok are sprayed with water The meeting, he said, was arranged by the military, which has appeared reluctant to intervene in the current standoff.
Ms Yingluck said the military has "positioned itself as neutral and it wants to see a peaceful way out".
The protests are the latest twist in a conflict between Bangkok's middle class and royalist elite and the mostly poor, rural supporters of Ms Yingluck and her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra.
The billionaire businessman was prime minister until he was ousted in a military coup in 2006 and now lives in self-imposed exile.
In 2008, he was convicted in absentia of corruption, charges he dismissed as politically motivated.
Thailand has seen 18 actual or attempted coups since 1932.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Thailand: Police Fire Rubber Bullets At Protesters
Dengan url
http://badutjayus.blogspot.com/2013/12/thailand-police-fire-rubber-bullets-at.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Thailand: Police Fire Rubber Bullets At Protesters
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Thailand: Police Fire Rubber Bullets At Protesters
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar