ASIA PRESS: Thai authorities have begun deploying on.

ASIA PRESS: Thai authorities have begun deploying 50,000 troops on the
streets of Bangkok ahead of rallies by anti-government protesters that
they fear could turn violent, Channel NewsAsia reports citing the deputy
prime minister. The demonstrations by the so-called “Red Shirts”, who
support fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, begins today – two
weeks after the kingdom’s top court confiscated $1.4 billion of the
tycoon’s assets.