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Deputy PM Chavalit resigns
Deputy Prime Minister Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh tenders his resignation on Tuesday to take responsibility on police's use of forces and tear gas on anti-government protesters.
Gen Chavalit is deputy prime minister in charge of security.
Police fired tear gas and used forces to disperse the protesters who blocked and surrounded the Parliament on Tuesday morning.
They wanted to block access of Members of Parliament to the Parliament to attend policy debate of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawats' government.
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