Thaksin may face Thai terrorism charges

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called on the government to pull back troops and restart negotiations.

A Thai court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue a warrant against the country's ousted prime minister on terrorism charges connected with the violent clashes that crippled Bangkok for weeks.

Thai government officials are also expected to propose a seven-day extension of a curfew in the capital, state media reported.

Officials will propose extending the curfew in Bangkok and nearly a third of the country's provinces until May 31 in a cabinet meeting Tuesday, Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd said, according to Thailand's state news agency. Intelligence reports show anti-government groups are still trying to cause chaos, he said, according to the agency.

Officials imposed the curfew Wednesday night after government troops surged into Lumpini Park, where anti-government Red Shirt demonstrators supporting former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had amassed. In months of protests, the demonstrators demanded that the current prime minister dissolve parliament and call new elections.