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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Thai govt tries to oust protestors from tourist hub AFP - Monday, April 5 Send IM Story Print Thai govt tries to oust protestors from tourist hub BANGKOK (AFP) - – Thailand's government on Sunday said it would seek a court order to force anti-government protesters, loyal to ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, to move their crippling rally out of Bangkok's tourist hub. The "Red Shirts", who are demanding immediate elections to pave the way for the return of fugitive Thaksin, escalated their three-week rally a day earlier, massing in the capital's main shopping and luxury hotel district. The government has sought to safeguard businesses and tourism in the capital by banning the gathering under a strict security law invoked to cover the protests, and threatening protesters with a year in jail. Deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban, in charge of security, said the government would next seek a court order to increase pressure on the Reds to leave after the weekend. "Legal experts are drafting a request to submit to court tomorrow. When we have a court order the government will see what we can do," said Suthep. "We will avoid force which risks clashes. But we may have to send authorities to the site." Tourists in the upmarket shopping area have appeared largely unfazed by the noisy protests, with some enjoying the rally's carnival-like atmosphere with dancing and live music in the streets. Police said about 50,000 Reds, most from Thailand's poorer rural northern provinces, rallied on Sunday in their trademark colour, surrounding a stage where leaders issued diatribes and sang protest songs. "We will maintain our protest here as our protest is peaceful. It is our right and freedom to protest peacefully according to the constitution," said Red Shirt leader Nattawut Saikuar. "If a court said we have to leave immediately, our lawyers will appeal the order," he said, adding that the group would announce plans to picket another spot on Monday. In an earlier televised address, premier Abhisit Vejjajiva urged the Red Shirts to return to a protest site in the capital's government quarter. "(We) know that some people want the government to use tough measures but we are all Thai. The government will use international standards starting with soft measures," Abhisit said. Authorities are seeking to avoid a repeat of last April's clashes with Red Shirts that left two people dead, six months after riot police took on the Reds' rival Yellow Shirts in other bloody scenes outside parliament. Thai society is split between Thaksin's Reds, who accuse Abhisit's government of being elitist and army-backed, and the Yellow Shirts, supporters of the country's establishment who accuse Thaksin of gross corruption. The Reds defiantly continued their demonstrations under sun umbrellas amid sweltering temperatures on Sunday, forcing many shopping malls to close for a second day and seizing up traffic in the district. The military has mounted a heavy security response involving 50,000 personnel for the protests. The Reds oppose the coup that toppled Thaksin in 2006 and say Abhisit's government is undemocratic because it took office through a parliamentary vote after a court stripped Thaksin's allies of power. Thaksin, a billionaire former telecoms tycoon, lives abroad to avoid a jail term for graft at home. 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