Thailand to go ahead with February 2 polls

Thailand’s  prime minister has confirmed a general election will go ahead on Sunday despite a warning that it could end in chaos in the face of months of violent anti-government protests. In a separate part of an army complex in Bangkok where Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was meeting Election Commission officials, shots were fired in a group of anti-government protesters. Two people were injured. “We have to go forward with the election. The Election Commission will organise the election under the framework of the constitution and try to avoid any violence,” Deputy Prime Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana told a news conference.