Thai Police yield to protesters...

This is the pic that was shared with the article link BUT I doubt that the Thai police have POLICE in English on their uniforms... This is probably our guys taking a break.... just sayin'

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/thai-police-yield-to-protesters-ahead-of-kings-birthday

BANGKOK, Dec 3 — Thai police abandoned their defence of the besieged government headquarters today, allowing unruly protesters to cross barricades in a dramatic move that eased tensions ahead of the revered king's birthday.
Several days of street battles between demonstrators and security forces suddenly gave way to hugs and smiles after police said they would no longer use force against protesters trying to storm Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's offices as well as their own headquarters.
The sudden change in tactics came as the nation prepares on Thursday to celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 86th birthday, a day normally marked in a spirit of calm and reverence for the monarch.

“There's a mutual understanding that everything must be calm and orderly on this auspicious day,” National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattanatabut told AFP.
“It's a positive sign and talks could be held after the king's birthday. It will take time to solve the problem by negotiation,” he added.
The protests, aimed at unseating Yingluck's government and replacing it with an unelected “people's council”, are the latest bout of unrest in the kingdom since royalist generals ousted the premier's brother Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup seven years ago.
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BANGKOK, Dec 3 — Thai police abandoned their defence of the besieged government headquarters today, allowing unruly protesters to cross barricades in a dramatic move that eased tensions ahead of the revered king's birthday.
Several days of street battles between demonstrators and security forces suddenly gave way to hugs and smiles after police said they would no longer use force against protesters trying to storm Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's offices as well as their own headquarters.
The sudden change in tactics came as the nation prepares on Thursday to celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 86th birthday, a day normally marked in a spirit of calm and reverence for the monarch.

“There's a mutual understanding that everything must be calm and orderly on this auspicious day,” National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattanatabut told AFP.
“It's a positive sign and talks could be held after the king's birthday. It will take time to solve the problem by negotiation,” he added.
The protests, aimed at unseating Yingluck's government and replacing it with an unelected “people's council”, are the latest bout of unrest in the kingdom since royalist generals ousted the premier's brother Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup seven years ago.
- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/thai-police-yield-to-protesters-ahead-of-kings-birthday#sthash.DG7DwHGL.dpuf

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