BANGKOK (AP) – A major Thai hospital evacuated patients and suspended all but emergency surgery Friday after anti-government protesters stormed in to hunt for security forces they suspected were taking positions there overlooking their barricaded enclave.

A group of the so-called Red Shirts broke into Chulalongkorn Hospital late Thursday despite pleas from its director, then withdrew after not finding soldiers or police within the sprawling compound.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, whom the protesters seek to overthrow, went on nationwide television to criticize recent Red Shirt actions that have paralyzed areas of central Bangkok.
The Red Shirts, drawn mostly from the rural and urban poor, are demanding dissolution of Parliament and new elections, saying Abhisit came to power through the connivance of Bangkok's elite bureaucrats and the military, which ousted their hero — ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra — in a 2006 coup.
Despite such warnings, the Red Shirts have defied authorities at every turn, entering the Parliament building, laying siege to a telecommunications complex, blocking roads and staging mass motorized rallies since setting up camp in the capital March 12. At least 27 people have died and nearly 1,000 have been injured in outbreaks of street violence.
About 100 police were sent to guard the hospital grounds. A hospital announcement said patients were sent to other hospitals or to buildings farther away from the Red Shirts. Almost all outpatient services were being suspended along with surgery, except in emergency cases.
Photo: Anti-government protesters clear litter from the grounds in which their barricade used to anchor to allow access to Chulalongkorn Hospital on Friday. (Photo: AP/Wong Maye-E)