Thaksin to face protest at UN
Thais based in the United States will stage a three-day demonstra¬tion against caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra outside United Nations headquarters in New York, where he is to attend the UN General Assembly next week.
The People's Alliance for Democracy in New York has been given a police permit to stage the protest from Monday, according to thainewyork.com, a website for the Thai community in New York.
Thaksin is currently in Cuba to attend a meeting of Non Aligned Movement countries. He will arrive in New York on Sunday and stay there until Wednesday.
The website claimed Thaksin would be the first Thai leader to face a protest at UN headquarters in front of world leaders.
Thais living in Washington, Boston, Connecticut, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other US cities will travel to New York for the demonstration, it said.
The protests start at 3pm on Monday and Tuesday and from noon on Wednesday. The protesters will wear yellow.
The Nation
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