There will no coup : Gen Anupong

Army Commander in Chief Gen Anupong Paojinda insisted the army will not intervene into the situation.

The army chief was speaking after the protesters led by People's Alliance for Democracy stormed and seized National Broadcasting Television office on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road on Tuesday morning.

The general asked people not to be panic and spent their lives as usual.

The main protest is at the Government House where tens of thousands of protesters surrounded the venue. The cabinet meeting has to move from the Government House to Supreme Command headquarters on Chang Wattana Road. The meeting is scheduled to start at 10.30am.

Meanwhile an informed source said that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej left his residence at about 8.30am to unknown place.

The source said Samak reportedly telephoned to Gen Anupong to check the situations from time to time.

PAD-led protests have scattered around the capital. One is at the police headquarter and others at ministries of Transportation, Agriculture and Cooperatives and Finance.