A summit of Asian leaders in Thailand has been cancelled after anti-government protesters broke into the venue in the resort of Pattaya. PM Abhisit Vejjajiva declared an "extreme state of emergency" in Pattaya for several hours while the leaders were airlifted from the area. The Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) summit was due to have been held on Saturday and Sunday. Thailand has been in turmoil, with the opposition demanding fresh elections. The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says Thais have spent months organising the summit, but security around the venue collapsed in a matter of hours as thousands pushed their way through the police cordon.
A summit of Asian leaders in Thailand has been cancelled after anti-government protesters broke into the venue in the resort of Pattaya.
PM Abhisit Vejjajiva declared an "extreme state of emergency" in Pattaya for several hours while the leaders were airlifted from the area.
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) summit was due to have been held on Saturday and Sunday.
Thailand has been in turmoil, with the opposition demanding fresh elections.
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says Thais have spent months organising the summit, but security around the venue collapsed in a matter of hours as thousands pushed their way through the police cordon.
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It seems that Thaksin got even with Abhisit's government which was formed after yellow-shirts protesters ousted last year his proxies. He has much at stake - reportedly 76bln bahts (or 2 bln dollars) of his assets were frozen by Thai government. Now Abhisit gifted to him ASEAN victory, and cornered himself, he has choice only between harsh military backed rule or talks with Thaksin's representatives. His reputation got tarnished, time will tell whether irrevocably or not.
