Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva escapes with minor injuries.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday sustained minor injuries from attacks by a group of red-shirted protesters at the Interior Ministry, before narrowly escaping through a backdoor. In the attack four other men in his motorcade were also attacked. An unconfirmed report said Abhisit escaped from the compound through a backdoor and his motorcade was used as a decoy to keep the protesters inside the ministry. It is not immediately known how he sustained injuries to his arm. I think the current situation going on in Thailand is interesting, and will continue to keep an eye on it and see how it develops.

Zach Dobbin
Thailand Group

Thai protesters call for PM's resignation

Thousands of red shirted protesters called for the resgination of Thailand's current Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva. The protesters are loyal to former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was outed in the 2006 Coup. The protesters said that by Wednesday demonstration they would draw up to 300,000 people.

The protesters are saying that the current Prime Minister, who has only held office for 4 months, did not elecet his government democratically and want him to resign.

Ashley Hartz
Thailand

Thailand Group

The leader of the People Power party, Somchai, is finally making strides towards becoming the Prime Minister in Thailand. But this was only done after he received approval from five coalition partners and a rebel faction on September 16, 2008. The photo highlighting the article shows the six coalition members holding hands and smiling. I believe that this recent step will help calm some of the political tension prevalent in Thailand currently. Calm is something that Thailand desperately needs because the instability in government has been harmful to the economy and discouraging to tourists.

One other thing that I found particularly interesting is that Somchai is the brother-in-law to Mr. Thaksin, the deposed Prime Minster of Thailand who is now under warrant for arrest. I am interested to see how the public will view Somchai because of this family tie.

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