ASIA: Thai protesters abduct police officer at airport
29 Nov 2008 5:06 PM
Anti-government protesters occupying Thailand's international airport have seized a police officer .. escalating tensions in a four-day standoff.
The trouble started after about a thousand demonstrators moved in on a police checkpoint near the Suvarnabhumi international airport .. triggering a showdown that ended without violence when officers hastily withdrew.
It was not immediately known if the officer was still being held.
Members of the People's Alliance for Democracy seized the Suvarnabhumi airport on Bangkok's outskirts on Tuesday night .. and the smaller Don Muang airport in the city on Wednesday .. in an unexpected twist to their months long campaign to oust the government.
