Seizure of government buildings
On 25 November, anti-government protesters began marching to several government offices, forcing their way inside the Ministry of Finance, the Budget Bureau, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Public Relations Department, forcing their closure. Yingluck invoked the Internal Security Act (ISA) in all districts of Bangkok andNonthaburi Province, and the Bang Phli and Lat Lum Kaeo Districts of Samut Prakan and Pathum ThaniProvinces respectively.[17] (This was in addition to the central districts of Bangkok, where the ISA had been in effect since the previous month.) However, no direct confrontations between the protesters and security authorities occurred. The protesters continued on 27 November by rallying outside another ten ministry offices, cutting the electricity supply and forcing the evacuation of the Department of Special Investigation's headquarters, and staging a sit-in at the Chaeng Watthana Government Complex. Protesters also rallied at twenty-four provincial halls, mainly in the South, a traditional Democrat Party base of support.[59]
Yingluck survived a no-confidence vote in the House of Representatives on 28 November 2013.[60] Meanwhile, supporters of the NSPRT claimed the seizure of the Army headquarters, demanding the military join the protests.[61] In response, on 29 November Army Commander Prayuth Chan-ocha urged protest groups not to involve the military and called on rival sides to resolve the crisis peacefully.[61] The government abstained from the use of excessive force, relying on batons, water cannons and tear gas instead.[62]
Protesters broke into the offices of state-owned telecommunications companies CAT and TOT on 30 November, disrupting internet services for several hours.[63] That evening and early the next day, violence erupted between anti-government protesters and Red-shirt government supporters near Rajamangala Stadium, with gunshots fired, resulting in four deaths and fifty-seven people wounded.[64][19] The UDD leaders subsequently ended their rally the following morning.[65]