(10 January) PCAD leader Suthep Thaugsuban has insisted that he will not order the seizure of Bangkok’s two airports and other main public transport hubs during the “shutdown” of Bangkok.

The People’s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) has threatened to occupy 7 major intersections in Bangkok on 13 January to “shutdown” the capital city until Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resigns from her caretaker position and scrap the general election on 2 February.

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