Clashes in Thailand's capital between protesters calling for the prime minister's resignation and their opponents have injured at least 18 people.
Before riot police separated the opposing sides in Bangkok, protesters from both sides were struck by rocks, bottles and other objects.
Members of the People's Alliance for Democracy accused Samak Sundaravej, Thailand's prime minister, of assisting Thaksin Shinawatra's efforts to create a dynasty.
Critics see Samak as a proxy for Thaksin, Thailand's former prime minister who was ousted in a bloodless military coup in 2006.
Speakers at the rally on Sunday also accused Samak of trying to change the country's constitution as a way to hold on to power and to prevent Thaksin from facing justice.
Thaksin faces corruption-related charges filed by special committees set
up by the military after the coup.
Thailand will hold a referendum in early July on whether to amend the military-backed constitution, which was approved by voters less than a year ago.
If the constitution is amended to deprive those committees of their legal
basis for existence, charges brought by them against Thaksin and his family could in turn be abandoned.