Demonstrators Urge Boycott International Summit in Thailad

ZHANG:

Around 100 anti-government demonstrators assert that Thailand's government under Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva came to power undemocratically. They are calling for a boycott of next month's Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit.

STORY:
Red-shirted anti-government activists in Thailand are hoping to persuade their neighbors to stay away from a summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations their country is due to host.

They say Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government were not democratically elected and should not be supported by its neighbors.

[Jakrapob Penkhair, Protest Leader]:
"The red-shirt people of Thailand who support democracy has been in full support of the ASEAN's framework but we cannot find ourselves to be supportive of the Thai government who came to power undemocratically. So the message is: support ASEAN and do not support the Abhisit government."

Next week they plan to march on the embassies of other ASEAN nations in the same cause.

The summit was postponed in December because of anti-government protests in Thailand.

Its been rescheduled for the end of February but that might also be tricky.

Supporters of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra are planning a resurgence of their street campaign from the end of January after weeks of relative calm in the country's long-running political crisis.

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[knottsknotts]

KhmerSerey1 now you become such an expert commentator on Thai politics......are you still back in your cambodian country trying to solicitate underage children?

We know all about your activities KhmerSerey from the local newspapers!

[KhmerSerey1]

Thaksin vowed that he will not die on foreigne soil..

[KhmerSerey1]

What ever happened to Jakrapob ?? any news of Jakrapob Penkair where about ?? I've been observing the politic in south east asia very closely,i see a bloody civil war in thailand future...

[SantiAsoke9]

Hey khm...serey, how much you get working for Phumipon? Do you think you can fool the world?

Phumipon killed his brother, everyone in the world knows this fact now, don't you think?

[KhmerSerey1]

The king is dying most likely in a few days ;),now is the time to seize power !! now is the time to decide thailand future,now is the time create peace with the neighbors.Now is the time to give the rural working poor their fair share.Jakrapob thailand is your for the taking mate !!

[KhmerSerey1]

Jakrapob thailand is your man !! fuck abhisit the brit !!

[KhmerSerey1]

the redshirt are angry because they weren't informed prior to the illegal coup that ousted the prime minister they helped elected into office,it was a bold and sneaky move set up by the thai elites and their military dictator general PREM.If i was the redshirt memebers i would be just as enraged.

[AntiAnti001]

And its ok for PAD to run cops over even almost kill tourists, but if one red burns a bus then he must go to prison while PAD aholes roam the streets... both belong in jail, but if you want order, put first the responsibles behind the closedown of the airport in prison first then we can talk about Red lunacy..

[AntiAnti001]

Who says im with the reds... Its pretty worthless with middleclass thai, non educated and cant say anything constructive just blame others... how about PAD protests of course they brought their own money and the work paid them to go to that right?

[maiprue]

My friend said she was in the US, but 1500 bahts was sent to her at her house in Thailand to vote for your Red government? What's new in Red government?