Thai protesters offer ceasefire

By DENIS D. GRAY | China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-18 07:47

A supporter of Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol pays her last respects at his funeral on Monday in Bangkok. The military strategist of the red shirts succumbed on Monday to a gunshot wound from a sniper attack last week. Vincent Yu / The Associated Press

BANGKOK - The Thai government said it would accept a ceasefire offer from a red shirt protest leader on Monday if their fighters return to their camp in central Bangkok, as street battles that have killed 37 people raged for a fifth day.