King Rama 9 – Yingluck’s property – April 2010

Casey

Protest

King Rama 9 Thailand was at peace: Experimenting with agriculture and irrigation Understand culture Projects that benefit people Respected

Thaksin Shinawatra Elder brother of Yingluck Helped Thailand recovered from the 1997

Asian financial crisis Did not give out sufficient progress Improved his family’s business with the help of policy Accused of nepotism Lived in exile

Yingluck Shinawatra A former businesswoman Became a prime minister after her brother was

found guilty No progress as prime minister Implemented policies to allow her brother return to Thailand Known as a “puppet” of her brother

Consequences: April 2010 Two perspectives: Support Yingluck and want

her to discharge (Yellow and Red Shirts) Demonstration Thai troops fired teargas at protesters Protesters fought back with guns, grenades At least 23 people died and over a hundred got

injured Bangkok’s worst protest in 18 years

Red Shirts United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship From rural north and north east Benefited by the policies that Thaksin formed

(education and economy) They wanted Thaksin back Wanted Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign He became the prime minister without having election

Yellow Shirts (Anti-Thaksin)

Peoples’ Alliance for Democracy Royalists, Businessman, Urban and Middle

Class Led by Sondhi Limthongkul and Chamlong

Srimuang “Thaksin’s rehabilitation and return from exile

is still deemed as non-negotiable at the highest royalist levels.”

Effects Economics dropped Less tourists Shops were not open to business Red shirts also forced the shops to close

Solutions Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered the military police to

arrest red shirts The protest ended on May 2010 He was still the prime minister in Thailand

until 2011

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