brux User ID: 944100 United States 04/16/2010 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thai protest leader flees police out hotel window This is going to be a GREAT weekend. Best Ever. [ link to news.yahoo.com] BANGKOK – A leader of anti-government protesters escaped from Thai commandos Friday down a rope from his hotel and then vowed to hunt down the prime minister, raising fears the nation's political crisis could spark more bloodshed. Arisman Pongruangrong drove off in a getaway car with two senior police officers taken hostage by his supporters, in the latest humiliation for the government, which less than 30 minutes earlier had announced on national television that police commandos had surrounded the hotel to arrest Arisman and other protest leaders. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva delayed a scheduled televised statement later Friday — his first in four days — after the botched raid. |