Soldiers 'surround' Thai pro-government rally: Protest leader

AFP , Tuesday 20 May 2014

Soldiers on Tuesday encircled a pro-government "Red Shirts" protest in Thailand's capital, the rally leader said, after the military declared martial law to quell months of political unrest.

"We have been surrounded by troops on all sides," Jatuporn Prompan told AFP.

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