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[Guest Isan Lover]

UDD to blockade Foreign Ministry  By: BangkokPost.com  Published: 25/02/2009 at 11:59 AM  The red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters will enclose the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at around 2pm Wednesday to pressure Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya to resign.

At the anti-government protest in front of Government House, one of the UDD leaders Jakrapob Penkair claimed that if the coup was not staged on September 2006, the current prime minister of Thailand would be Thaksin Shinawatra and the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would not have the opportunity to host the 14th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit.

Mr Jakrapob also branded the government as a thief because it let a terrorist, who laid siege to airports and Government House last year, join the cabinet.

Another UDD leader Nattawut Saikua said his group will continue to protest peacefully.

He said the premier does not have to fear that eggs will be thrown at him because the price of an egg is now two baht and it would not be worthwhile.

Mr Nattawut also asked Mr Abhisit to eat rotten canned fish and low-quality milk distributed to students.

The government was previously accused of giving cans of rotten fish as relief supplies and distributing low-quality milk to schools.

He said fugitive former prime minister Thaksin did not order the UDD to prolong the protest and he will not make a phone-in during the demonstration.

It is up to the government to follow the UDD's demands, if it does not want the protest to prolong, he added.

The group's demands include dismissing Mr Kasit, prosecuting PAD leaders for occupying Government House and Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports, amending the 2007 Constitution, and dissolving the lower House.

Mvh Isan Lover