Bangkok (CNN) - Thousands of anti government demonstrators kept up pressure on the Thai government Wednesday by surrounding more official buildings amid the highest tensions the country has seen since deadly unrest three years ago.
The number ofdemonstrators, led by the opposition Democrat Party,has declined from the hugegathering of roughly 100,000 people that assembled in Bangkok on Sunday.
Theprotesters in Bangkokcontinued to occupy the finance ministry building, which they stormed Mondayand turned into their secondary command center.
They planto send groups to a range of other ministries and government offices around thecapital Wednesday, said Akanat Promphan, aspokesman for the protesters.
Their objectivesinclude the public health, labor, industry, social development and scienceministries, as well as a government complex that houses multiple agencies,notably the Department of Special Investigation.
当地时间25日,泰国曼谷,反政府抗议者聚集在一起,占领了政府办公大楼附近的主要道路。
泰国连日爆发大规模反政府示威游行,抗议者要求该国总理英拉下台。现在抗议浪潮蔓延至首都曼谷以外地区,要求政府解散的反对派封锁了董里、宋卡和沙敦三座城市的市政厅大楼。
示威者游行路线沿途有超过20多间学校关门,警察在抗议地点加强了安全保卫。抗议者要求立即解散英拉政府及国会,并声称其政府是由英拉的哥哥、前总理他信所控制,誓言要彻底清除泰国的他信政权。继昨天晚上数十万人在曼谷的民主纪念碑附近发起彻夜集会后,反政府示威者25日再次集结在曼谷街头,组成了3年来最大规模示威游行。
泰国前民主党议员、集会领导人素贴·特素班曾承诺25号的游行示威将合法、和平。但1个月以来的“特赦法案”风波,造成了泰国持续的政治危机,引发了新一轮抗议浪潮。