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Thai protesters besiege Asean summit venue

AFP, Pattaya
Thai protesters laid siege to a summit of Asian leaders yesterday, clashing with security forces and forcing their struggle to oust die prime minister into the international spotlight.
At least 2.000 opponents of Thai Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva were locked in a tense stand-off with troops and riot police at the beach hotel where leaders from China. Japan and 14 other nations were gathering for the three day meet.
British-born Abhisit vowed the summit, which is focused on finding ways to fight the global financial crisis, would go ahead. It has already been postponed and relocated several times because of Thailand's political turmoil.
*We will ensure that the meeting will proceed smoothly, he told a press conference. "I would like to reiterate that we can provide security.”
Red-shirted protesters loyal to fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra breached several security cordons to reach the venue, then surged through a perimeter fence and scuffled with about 500 soldiers who forced thornback
Ure major secunty breach came despite repeated assurances from Abhisit's fourmonth-old government that it would not let the kingdom's long-running internal political troubles disrupt the meeting officially starting on Friday.
"Today we are not coming to stop the summit. We have come to join the summit to represent the Thai people because Abhisit cannot be responsible for our rights.' protest leader Arismun Pongreungrong told AFP
Police later escorted Arismun. a former pop singer, and a delegation of protesters into the building to present a protest letter, after which the crowd agreed to disperse but promised to return the followingday.
Security forces had offered little resistance to the surging crowd, amid fears of a repeat of political violence in Bangkok in October in which two people died.
Asean chief Surin Pitsuwan said Asian nations were concerned by the rally at the summit, the biggest gathering of international leaders since last week's G20 meeting in London.
"Certainly there is a level of concern, but as I said, it's part of democracy," he told report ers.
Protesters launched new mass rallies in Bangkok Wednesday to push Abhisit to resign, insisting that became to power undemocratically through a court ruling that toppled Thaksin's allies in December.