Thai Courts Issue Arrest Warrants for Protest Organizers

(27 Aug 08-RV) Thousands of anti-government protesters defied a court order to leave Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's official compound today, as the group's leaders vowed to stay until his administration fell. Samak ordered thousands of riot police to break up the demonstration at Government House by Wednesday but police failed to exercise arrest warrants overnight for nine leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy organising the protest. Kelsea Brennan-Wessels reports…