Thai protesters reinforce siege

BANGKOK: Anti-government protesters reinforced their siege of Bangkok's two airports yesterday as the country struggled to provide temporary accommodation to more than 300,000 stranded travelers and arrange to reach them to their destinations.

Switching its tactics, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) told its members occupying the prime minister's office compound for the last three months to leave and join fellow protesters at the airports. They seized the airports last week to press their demand for the ouster of the government.

The latest PAD move has swelled the number of protesters at the airports to about 6,000.