Thai anti-government protesters block roads in Bangkok
Key roads in capital closed as demonstrators protest February elections
Anti-government demonstrators set up barricades Monday and turned back traffic on key roads in a bid to "shut down" Bangkok and thwart February elections and overthrow the nation's democratically elected prime minister....
....The protesters are demanding that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's administration be replaced by a non-elected "people's council" which would implement reforms they say are needed to end corruption and money politics. ...
... Most Thai and international schools in Bangkok were closed Monday, as were some major shopping malls. Many residents appeared to stay home, and traffic was light across much of the city....
.... The grass-roots pro-Thaksin Red Shirt movement, closely allied to Yingluck's Pheu Thai Party, has said it will mobilize its supporters to fight any coup. .... - SOURCE
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