Protesters in Thailand launched impeachment proceedings against the government yesterday for allegedly losing disputed territory to neighboring Cambodia.

The protesters, led by the People's Alliance for Democracy, have staged daily demonstrations for nearly two months against Prime Minister Samak Sudaravej. They claim he is a proxy of Thaksin Shinawatra, whom the military ousted in a 2006 coup.

Samak denies this and says the protesters are trying to undermine his democratically elected government.