Thai premier on Tuesday defended his decision to appoint as adviser to government a member of a group that was behind a siege of Bangkok’s airports.

Thailand’s new prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva began working on his Cabinet line-up on Tuesday as police stood guard against angry protesters.

The middle class in the developing world has long been identified as a major catalyst for democratisation against dictatorship.

Thailand’s opposition party has called a special Parliament session to prove it can form a government, but the former ruling party won’t back down.