Thousands of members of the People's Alliance for Democracy yesterday stormed into seven agencies, including Government House, as the PAD tried to bring the government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to its knees.
''All the agencies being raided are symbols of the corrupt state mechanism,'' said PAD co-leader Sondhi Limthongkul.
The six main targets were NBT television station, the Finance and Transport ministries, the Public Relations Department, the Metropolitan Police Bureau head office and Government House.
The demonstrators first burst into the NBT, followed by the Finance Ministry, where they broke through the three-metre-high iron gate and then took over the ministry's compound.
Officials were ordered to go home. Office buildings were then locked, except for the canteen and some toilets for the demonstrators.
At the Transport Ministry, about 2,000 PAD supporters climbed over the fence and took over the hall of the ministry's main building.
Another group entered the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry, but only to use the toilets.
Protesters also raided the city police headquarters, where they suspected a temporary studio had been set up for the NBT.
PAD coordinator Suriyasai Katasila said that by taking over the agencies they were sending a message to the government that it could no longer work and that Mr Samak should resign.
He denied the PAD was trying to provoke violence or instigate another coup.
They would not support another coup if it was just like the previous ones, Mr Suriyasai said.
Kittichai Saisa-ad, a key PAD supporter and member of the Provincial Electricity Authority labour union, said electricity and water supplies could be cut off to government agencies to increase the pressure on Mr Samak.
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