PATTAYA, Thailand - Hundreds of anti-government protesters are converging outside the Asia summit venue, saying they will enter the complex unless Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva resigns.
Chanting "Abhisit get out," about 300 red-shirted protesters pushed past riot police lines Friday to rally outside the summit site, a convention centre that sits atop a hilltop in a beachside town about 140 kilometres southeast of Bangkok.
There was no violence reported but columns of hundreds of soldiers with riot gear were seen marching toward the summit venue.
The East Asia Summit brings together leaders from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
