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Anti-government protesters march against police brutality

(15 Oct 2008) SHOTLIST Bangkok - 14 October 2008 ++ NIGHT SHOTS ++ 1. Various of "guards" of the pro-government crowd performing demonstration with wooden staffs 2. Wide of pro-government followers beginning to march out of the field towards Democracy Monument 3. Mid of the marcher handing out roses to police officers 4. Various of the group marching down a boulevard carrying a banner 5. Mid of police watching protesters 6. Wide of marchers reaching the Democracy Monument 7. Mid of speakers addressing the crowd from on top of a raised platform 8. Close up of man screaming his support 9. Various of crowd chanting in support 10. Close up of a burning candle 11. Mid of man shielding his candle's flame 12. Wide of crowd holding candles Bangkok - 15 October 2008 ++ DAWN SHOTS ++ 13. Monks collecting rice in the early morning at Government House where the anti-government crowd are in occupation 14. One of the core leaders of the anti-government crowd, Chamlong Srimuang, arrives to give rice to monks 15. Various of Chamlong giving rice. 16. Wide of monks STORYLINE: Thousands of government supporters marched to an iconic landmark in the Thai capital on Tuesday night, raising fears of further clashes with opponents camped just a kilometre away. The event passed off without incident but the city remains tense, a week after the worst political violence in more than a decade which left two people dead and hundreds injured when anti-government crowds fought riot police around the area of the Parliament building. About 3-thousand people joined the pro-government demonstration which began at a large field by the Grand Palace and ended in a candlelight vigil at Democracy Monument. The protesters put on a coordinated display featuring wooden staffs at the side of a large field near the Grand Palace where the crowd has been basing itself since Sunday. The rally site is about a kilometre from Government House where their opponents have been staging a sit-in since late August. They listened to speeches attacking the leaders of the so-called People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), who are trying to bring down the government, through an occupation of Government House that's been going on since late August. Last Friday, several leaders of PAD movement were freed from police custody just hours after turning themselves in on criminal charges, as other opponents of the prime minister called for his resignation or a military coup. Chamlong Srimuang, who is also a leader of the alliance was released last Thursday after being arrested and gave rice to the monks in Bangkok on Monday. He has called for Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's resignation and rejected calls by some to end the strife through military intervention. The alliance welcomed a military coup in 2006 that ousted then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after leading similar protests against him. It accuses Somchai of being a proxy for Thaksin. Somchai is Thaksin's brother-in-law. Somchai said he was seeking the advice of prominent figures about what course to take when asked by reporters whether he would resign or dissolve Parliament. The protest alliance derides Thailand's rural majority - who gave landslide election victories to Thaksin and his allies - as susceptible to vote-buying and too poorly educated to responsibly choose their representatives. It wants Thailand to abandon one-man, one-vote democracy, and instead have a mixed system in which some representatives are chosen by certain professions and social groups. The group has vowed to gather again in November. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...