Thai Senate questions PM Samak

Updated June 23, 2008 19:28:24

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej got a grilling today from the Senate, as thousands of protestors and supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy blockaded his office for a fourth day, demanding he step down. The Senate debate comes ahead of a no-confidence vote in the lower house due to be taken on Thursday. But Mr Samak's overwhelming majority means he's expected to easily survive the vote, and analysts have dismissed today's questioning in the Senate as a ploy.

Presenter: Corinne Podger
Speaker: Giles Ungpakorn, politics professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok