Thailand's king is facing calls from anti-government protesters to intervene to end the nation's crisis.BigPond News
Thailand's revered king is facing calls from anti-government protesters to intervene to end the nation's crisis, but the 82-year-old monarch has remained largely silent since the unrest began.
'His Majesty is our only hope,' a senior leader of the 'Red Shirts' movement, Jatuporn Prompan, said at the weekend in pleas that were repeated as troops battled protesters in five days of clashes that have left 38 dead.
It was the second time that the Reds have publicly appealed for King Bhumibol Adulyadej to step in to solve the two-month standoff, as he has done in the past during six turbulent decades on the throne.
During a 1992 uprising, the king summoned military and protest leaders who, according to protocol, crawled towards him on their knees in dramatic televised scenes which effectively brought the violence to an end.
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