Thai protesters reach PM office after police remove barriers — RT News

Thai protesters reach PM office after police remove barriers — RT News:

Thai police have changed tack, removing fortified barriers blocking anti-government protesters from entering the prime minister’s office. At least three people have died and 230 were injured in a week of protests aimed at ousting Thailand’s government.

Early on Tuesday police cleared the barbed wire barriers protecting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s office from the onslaught of anti-government protesters. Footage from Thai television showed the protesters milling around outside the Government House waving flags. Some of them even took their photograph with policemen.

Prime Minister Yingluck was moved to a secret location on Sunday after activists stormed the police sports club where she had been staying.

The Thai police’s change of strategy seeks to defuse rising tensions following a week of protests. City Police Chief Kamronvit Thoopkrachang told Reuters that riot officers have been ordered to stand down.