泰國警方在曼谷與抗議者衝突三人喪生

Thai anti-government protesters battled Tuesday with riot police trying to clear protest sites in Bangkok, leaving at least three people dead.

Officials say two protesters and one police officer were killed in the fighting near the Government House. Around 60 people were wounded.

Tear gas, gunfire and explosions could be heard during the midday fight. Both sides appeared to be using weapons.

The violence came as police attempted to clear several camps of protesters trying to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Elsewhere, protesters gave up without resistance. At the Energy Ministry, about 100 people were detained following a police operation.

Police say the protesters are violating a state of emergency, but have vowed not to use violence in dispersing the protests.

Hours after the clashes, Ms. Yingluck suffered a setback when the National Anti-Corruption Committee announced charges against her.

The committee said the prime minister was aware of corruption within a national rice-buying scheme, but continued the program anyway. It ordered her to face the charges on February 27.泰國反政府抗議者星期二與試圖清理曼谷抗議場所的防暴警察發生衝突，造成至少三人死亡。

有關官員說，兩名抗議者和一名警察在政府大廈附近發生的衝突中被打死。大約60人受傷。

在星期二中午爆發衝突時，可以聽到催淚彈的聲響以及槍聲和爆炸聲。看來雙方都使用了武器。

警察試圖清理幾個抗議者營地時爆發衝突。抗議者要把英拉總理趕下臺。

在其他地點，抗議者沒有進行抵抗。警察在能源部展開行動後，大約1百人被拘留。

警方說，抗議者違反了緊急狀態法，同時保證在驅散抗議者時不會使用暴力。

在爆發衝突的幾小時後，全國反腐委員會對英拉提出指控。該委員會說，英拉了解在一個全國收購稻米項目中存在腐敗現象，但繼續實施這一項目。該委員會命令英拉於2月27日應訴。