Thailand: Security Concerns and the ASEAN Summit

Demonstrators pushed through a police and military barricade surrounding an upscale hotel on April 10 in Pattaya Thailand where leaders are staying for the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. Ironically, the tactic of massive protests that helped bring Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva into power is now giving his own government trouble. While the government remains stable, the protesters' interference with the ASEAN summit has embarrassed the country and raised questions about the Thai government's ability to maintain law and order.