Thaksin accuses Abhisit govt of covering up deaths

Former premier Thaksin Shinawatra accused Abhisit government of lying to cover deaths in the army crackdown on anti-government protesters on Monday.

Speaking to CNN, the convicted tycoon claimed Thai soldiers who were seen firing rounds into the air to disperse the red shirted protesters in Bangkok had killed "many."

"They trapped the people ... Many people died ... They even take the dead bodies up on the truck and take them away. They're trying to confuse everything," Thaksin told the channel.

"You try to lie to the whole world, you try to lie to the people, but ... it's impossible," he added.

His claims came as Thai government repeatedly claimed that there were no deaths during the crackdown.