Certainly looks like PTPs thinker and caddie to the PM/DM got this one really wrong! Remember the leaked tape with him and the deputy DM? He thought he's got the army neutral and so let the people protest - only 10k probably.
Massively over estimates how much people can be continually fooled and lied to; and how many people really "like" him.
Now other countries media will take much more interest, and their journalists might even do some proper research on the underlying reasons why his puppet sister and regime want to whitewash him and others so badly, and why so many strata of society have mobilized to show their disgust at this blatant attempt to make one man untouchable.
Interesting days ahead
Yingluck will be screaming in her dimsum this morning. I can just imagine the tantrums in Chez Shinawatra. This will hurt her more than the protests in Bangkok, she is obsessed with image particularly her political image abroad. Not good yingluck. Start packing, the clothes you will need are not great in number, just choose outfits for weather conditions being 'dry, hot and sunny 364 days a year, and lots of sun cream'.