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on the second day of mass anti-government demonstrations in central bangkok tuesday
protest leaders threatened to kidnap prime minister yingluck shinawatra and other government
officials if they don't step down by the end of the week.
protest leader suthep thaugsuban issued the ultimatum and said the opposition would intensify
the shutdown by attacking ministries as well as the stock exchange if protesters' demands
are not met within the next two or three day s.
yingluck has left her home and is currently in hiding under tight security.
what is being dubbed the bangkok shutdown is the latest in a series of protests designed
to topple shinawatra. both yingluck and her exiled brother thak
sin are accused of running thailand for their own personal benefit.
ex-prime minister thaksin shinawatra was ou sted in a military coup in 2006.