TENS of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand’s capital yesterday to press their demand that the government dissolve parliament or face massive demonstrations in the city.

TENS of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand’s capital yesterday to press their demand that the government dissolve parliament or face massive demonstrations in the city.

Leaders of tens of thousands of protesters who swarmed into Bangkok from Thailand's rural areas threatened mass street demonstrations if the government did not respond to their demand for a dissolution of parliament within 24 hours.