NEW : Some Red Shirt protesters surrender after days of street battles . At least 20 dead as security forces enter park held by protesters . This is a mini-civil war ' `` We Thai people never experienced this kind of situation before , '' said Sirinun Siripanich , the assistant secretary to the Bangkok governor . Thai government imposes curfew between 5 p.m. and midnight PM PM Abhasit : ` ` I am confident we can bring the country to a long - lasting peace ''
NEW : Some Red Shirt protesters surrender after days of street battles . At least 20 dead as security forces enter park held by protesters . Thai government imposes curfew between 5 p.m. and midnight PM PM Abhasit : ` ` I am confident we can bring the country to a long - lasting peace ''