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May 17, 2010
About 5,000 protesters remained on the streets in downtown Bangkok in defiance of a government deadline to evacuate the area on another day of violent unrest in the Thai capital.
At least 35 people have died since Thursday, including a key anti-government leader who was critically wounded by a sniper’s bullet last week.
Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdipol — a renegade general better known as Seh Daeng, which means Red Commander — died at 9:20 a.m. Monday (10:20 p.m. Sunday ET), Vachira Hospital officials told CNN.
An airplane circling the demonstration area and a televised warning broadcast multiple times Monday ordered protesters to vacate the streets immediately.
The announcement said those who did not leave by 3 p.m. (4 a.m. ET) would face a maximum sentence of two year’s imprisonment for violating the order. But government officials have not said what they plan to do now that the deadline has passed.
