State of Emergency Declared in Pattaya

Supporters of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra battle with pro-government supporters during the 14th of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits in Pattaya on April 11, 2009. The summit of Asean leaders with dialogue partners has been cancelled and state of emergency declared in Pattaya after a clash of red-shirted and blue-shirted people outside the meeting venue and a subsequent invasion of the hotel. The government has announced a decision has been made to postpone the summit to a later date, in effect cancelling it.