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Topic started on 2-12-2008 @ 12:53 AM by Frankidealist35

Thai court orders ruling party dissolved


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The ruling, which found Somchai's party guilty of electoral fraud, comes amid anti-government protests that have shut down Bangkok's major international airport for a week and pushed Somchai out of the capital.

The opposition People's Alliance for Democracy accuses Somchai of leading a proxy government for his brother-in-law, ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup.

Thaksin returned to Thailand after the PPP victory in 2007, but fled the country again just as he was to appear in a corruption case against him.

Earlier on Monday, protesters blockading international flights to Bangkok threatened to draft in more demonstrators as the tense standoff with authorities looked set to enter a second week.

Parnthep Puapongpan, a spokesman for the People's Alliance for Democracy -- which is leading the protests -- said it planned to end an occupation at the Thai prime minister's main offices, where demonstrators have camped out since August 26, and divert demonstrators to the two airports.
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