These were the scenes outside the Thai Interior Ministry on Tuesday as thousands massed for another day of anti-government protests.
About 1, 000 descended on the building in Bangkok threatening to storm it if staff didn't leave.
The demonstrators, pushing to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from power, also marched on the agriculture, transport and tourism ministries.
(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) 32-YEAR OLD CHAIWAT BUSABONGPIRAPAT SAYING:
"It's not violence (surrounding a government building). It is the right of the people according to the constitution that we have the right to express our feelings."
(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) 54-YEAR OLD TAWEEWAN SAYING:
"We have a bad leader who never thinks about righteousness but a leader who thinks about her own benefits."
About 1, 000 more protesters filled a courtyard outside the Finance Ministry.
Some had spent the night there after occupying the offices on Monday.
The seizure of government building