{Thousands of Thai protesters have massed outside four ministries, a major government office complex and more than a dozen provincial halls in an escalation of their efforts to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.}<\/p>\n
The Department of Special Investigation [DSI] was evacuated on Wednesday as about 2,000 protesters gathered outside, rallying against the prime minister and her influential brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of demonstrators also gathered in front of the ministries of labour, energy, health and commerce in Bangkok, along with local government offices in 19 provinces, according to a senior Interior Ministry official.<\/p>\n
“We are very upbeat and I think we will win in a few days,” protest leader and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters, calling for the creation of an unelected administration to run the country.<\/p>\n
“If we demolish the Thaksin regime… we will set up a people’s council, which will come from people from every sector,” he said. “Then we will let the people’s council pick good people to be the prime minister and ministers.”<\/p>\n
Anti-government protesters chanted abuse at the DSI as scores of riot police scrambled to put on helmets and hold up shields, with crowds pushing against a low fence.<\/p>\n
The DSI, located in a complex of key government offices, recently indicted Thaugsuban for his alleged role in the deaths of more than 90 people in a 2010 military crackdown targeting supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra.<\/p>\n
Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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