By Xinhua,
Bangkok : Thousands of demonstrators from the civil group People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Monday rallied at the Royal Thai Police Headquarters in Bangkok denouncing some senior police officers and the current government for doing in favor of the ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Some leaders of the PAD led a number of demonstrators packed the road in front of the Royal Thai Police Headquarters compound since Monday morning, blocking traffic of the district into standstill.
The PAD leaders took turns to lambaste a group of senior police officers accused of failing to perform their duty to serve the public but favoring the Samak Sundaravej administration and some ruling politicians, all of whom are viewed by many demonstrators as being stand-ins for the ousted premier Thaksin.
Meanwhile, hundreds of police officers have been deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
In 2006, the PAD launched several mass rallies in Bangkok, protesting the then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. In September of the same year, the military staged a coup, ousting Thaksin while he was attending a United Nations meeting in the United States.