Thai PM says order restored in Bangkok, provinces
By APFriday, May 21, 2010
Thai PM says order restored in Bangkok
BANGKOK — Thailand’s prime minister says order has been restored in Bangkok and provinces, wracked by violence over the past week.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday in a nationally broadcast television address that the government will “move swiftly to restore normalcy.”
He says “We have restored order in the capital of Bangkok and the provinces of Thailand.”
He says the government will continue with its reconciliation plan to build bridges with the Red Shirt protesters who have been demanding his resignation and new elections.
At least 83 people have been killed in political violence over the last two weeks. It climaxed on Wednesday when the army overran a Red Shirt encampment in central Bangkok.
