DHAKA: A Thai court approved an arrest warrant Tuesday for a top protest leader in connection with the occupation of several government ministries as part of efforts to topple the government.

‘We sought an arrest warrant for Suthep (Thaugsuban) and the Criminal Court just approved it,’ said Colonel Sunthorn Kongklam of Bang Sue police station in the capital, reports The Straits Times.

‘I ask him to surrender, otherwise police can arrest him on sight.’

Suthep, a former deputy prime minister and senior opposition figure, was among demonstrators who stormed the finance ministry on Monday.

He later vowed to ‘seize all ministries’, since when demonstrators also broke into the foreign ministry and besieged several other key government buildings.

BDST: 1448 HRS, NOV 26, 2013