JAKARTA, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - A summit of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Thailand, canceled
over protests in Pattaya, has been postponed until August, a
Thai news agency reported Saturday.
"The ASEAN leaders will meet again in Bangkok in August
and sign agreements planned for signing Saturday," the Nation
reported.
Some 1,000 red shirts, or anti-government protestors,
burst into the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel, the venue for
the summit causing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to
introduce a state of emergency in Pattaya.
The opposition supporters are reported to be heading for
the capital Bangkok, where thousands are taking part in
demonstrations, with protestors demanding that Vejjajiva resign.
The summit participants were evacuated in helicopters.
Anti-government protests started in Pattaya, 150
kilometers south of Bangkok, on Friday.
Protests in Thailand started in March this year after the
government allocated 9 million low-paid Thai workers assistance
worth $55 each. Protestors called the assistance "bribery" and
said the cabinet had come to power illegally.
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