DHAKA: Protesters in Thailand have forced their way into the army headquarters compound, as anti-government rallies went into a sixth day.

More protesters gathered outside ruling party headquarters, as part of efforts to force the government to step down, reports BBC.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra urged demonstrators to end the street protests, after surviving a no-confidence vote in parliament.

But protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has rejected her appeal.

"We will not let them work anymore," the former senior opposition lawmaker said in a speech late on Thursday.

At least 1,000 protesters forced their way into the army headquarters compound by breaking open the gate.

Army spokesman Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the protesters were in the courtyard but not inside the buildings.

"We will make them understand that this is a security area and we will ask them to leave,`` he was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.

The BBC`s Jonah Fisher, who is at the scene, said protesters were massed on a lawn outside the building listening to speeches from leaders on a stage they had erected.

They were urging the army to come out in support of the demonstrators, our correspondent said.

"We want to know which side the army stands on," Reuters news agency quoted one protester as saying.

Our correspondent described the atmosphere as good natured and said the authorities appeared keen to avoid confrontation.

Meanwhile security was tightened around the ruling Pheu Thai party headquarters, where more protesters had massed.

"We are deploying two companies of police [around 300 officers] at Pheu Thai party headquarters after they asked for protection," deputy national police chief Worapong Siewpreecha told an International news agency.

BDST: 1433 HRS, NOV 29, 2013