Tens of Thousands Call on King to Oust Premier
Holding candles and kneeling to pay their respects, tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters in Bangkok called on Thailand’s king to end a political crisis by replacing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thaksin’s opponents, who accuse him of corruption and abuse of power, have held almost daily street protests in recent weeks, calling for his resignation.
Police said about 50,000 people joined the protest outside Government House, the prime minister’s office, while organizers put the numbers in the hundreds of thousands.
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