BANGKOK - THAILAND faced a fresh wave of political unrest on
Sunday as supporters of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra
prepared to rally against the new prime minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva.
The protests are Mr Abhisit's first major challenge since he
came to power on December 15, two weeks after a court disbanded the
pro-Thaksin former ruling party following months of political
turmoil in the kingdom.
Thousands of police were being deployed in central Bangkok,
where the protesters are set to gather on Sunday before moving to
parliament, where Mr Abhisit will deliver his first policy
statement on Monday and Tuesday.
'Our demand is for Mr Abhisit to dissolve parliament because he
has no legitimacy,' said Mr Jatuporn Prompan, a core leader of the
pro-Thaksin movement, who are known as the 'red shirts' because of
their trademark clothes.
I am so angry. How can they do this to the handsome Thai
PM? 
