Prime Minister Abhisit had flown back from Pattaya for a national TV address in the evening, as pro-Thaksin protesters blocked all entrances to Victory Monument and drastically raised the already-high political tension.
Abhisit, admitting that the anti-government protest involved as many as 100,000 people at its peak on Thursday, said 70 per cent of them had returned home, leaving about 30,000 encamped near Government House.
-The Nation
Hundreds of buses rerouted, hospitals plead with protesters
Doctors call for protesters to open at least one lane of traffic to facilitate medical services at major hospitals.
Hospitals in the vincinity of Victory Monument include Rajvithi, Ramathibodi, King Mongkut, Children's General and Phya Thai II.
Commuters have turned to sky trains on Thursday after pro-Thaksin protesters, mostly taxi drivers, blocked road access the Victory Monument on Thursday.
-The Nation
Sister denies Thaksin's family flees country
Yaowaret Shinawatra, a sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thursday denied that the close family members of Thaksin had fled the country.
Yaowaret said Thaksin's ex-wife, Pojaman Damapong, and three children had left the country for vacation trips and businesses, which had been accumulated when the family handled the funeral of Yaowalak Shinawatra, Thaksin's elder sister.
-The Nation
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