The leader of anti-government demonstrations in Thailand on Sunday urged Yingluck Shinawatra to resign , the latest move in a relentless campaign to oust the prime minister . Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban , a former deputy prime minister under the previous Democrat-led government , gave Yingluck two days to `` return power to the people unconditionally , '' Suthep 's group said . The face-to-face meeting came the same day protesters tried to force their way into the government headquarters and a police club compound , hoping to find Yingluck . Police fired tear gas to disperse them . `` The most violently active areas are around the Government House , '' said Lt. Gen. Paradon Pattanathabut , referring to the government headquarters . The prime minister was not at the police club compound as she was rumored to be when demonstrators stormed the building . The state television station , Thai Public Broadcasting Service , continued with its regular programming . But officials there were in negotiations with the protesters , said to number in the hundreds , said government spokesman Teerat Rattanasevi . Laying siege to Government House would be a symbolic victory for the demonstrators . It 's the seat of power . Yingluck moved her offices to another location when the unrest bubbled over . Undeterred , protesters -- with handkerchiefs covering their noses and mouths to ward off the sting of tear gas -- threw rocks across the fence that rings Government House toward the phalanx of riot police on the other side . In response , police lobbed tear gas , causing protesters to scurry . A few minutes later , they returned . So it went for the better part of the day . 10 questions : What 's behind the protests in Thailand ? Deadly clashes . Yingluck has said authorities will `` absolutely not use violence '' to disperse the demonstrators . But the situation is delicate after Thai police issued an arrest warrant against Suthep , the protest leader . On Saturday , three people were killed and more than 60 wounded in clashes between protesters and Yingluck 's supporters in the Thai capital , Bangkok . Each side blamed the other for provoking it . Until Saturday 's incident , the monthlong protests had been mostly peaceful and without fatalities . In recent days , the demonstrators have been seeking out increasingly high-profile targets , such as several government ministries . `` We have spread the message to protesters that we are going to retake the government complex and the ministry of finance back , '' Paradon said . On Friday , they jumped over the gate of the army headquarters , demanding the military 's help in overthrowing the government . So far , the army has stayed on the sidelines . But the military intervened in 2006 when it ousted Yingluck 's brother -- and then-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra -- in a bloodless coup . Yingluck 's critics accuse her of being Thaksin 's puppet and say she 's simply a placeholder for her brother until he can return from self-imposed exile . In an interview with CNN 's Anna Coren on Friday , Yingluck denied those allegations . Thailand travel warnings issued as thousands of protesters gather . Origins of the protests . The protests started as a response to a government-backed amnesty bill that could have extended a pardon to Thaksin and opened the door for his return . Thaksin ca n't return home now because he risks a two-year prison sentence on a corruption conviction . The Thai senate rejected the bill on November 11 , but opposition demonstrators have called since then for Yingluck 's government to be replaced . Yingluck survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday . A spokesman for her Pheu Thai Party said she would not resign or dissolve the parliament . `` She will stay in power , '' Prompong Nopparit said .
Laying siege to Government House would be a symbolic victory . Three people were killed in clashes Saturday . Demonstrators want the army to help protect the Prime Minister .