Thai Red Shirts' Forced Palace Incident

At noon on April 11th, 29, the "Red Shirt Army" broke through the Thai military and police lines and rushed into the press center of the summit. Even heavily armed Thai security personnel could not stop thousands of demonstrators from rushing in. After entering the hotel, the demonstrators began to shout and cheer. On April 11th, Thailand's anti-government forces "Red Shirt Army" continued to encircle the Royal Cliff Hotel in Pataia, where the ASEAN Leaders' Summit was held, which directly led to the failure of senior officials from all countries attending the meeting to enter the hotel conference center as scheduled, and many activities were forced to be cancelled. On the afternoon of the 11th, the "Red Shirt Army" broke through the layers of defense and broke into the hotel, scaring journalists from all over the world in the media center. In view of the turbulent political situation, the Thai government finally announced that this ASEAN summit was postponed for security reasons.

On April 13th, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit issued an order to set up an emergency law enforcement headquarters to cope with the increasingly tense political situation in Bangkok. After the implementation of the emergency law in Bangkok and surrounding areas on the 12th, the Thai military clashed with demonstrators in the early morning of the 13th, causing at least 77 injuries. At noon on the 14th, the leader of the demonstrators of Thailand's Anti-Dictatorship Democratic Alliance announced that anti-government demonstrations would be stopped, and anti-government demonstrators were gradually withdrawing from the demonstration sites.