Thousands of protesters surrounded Bangkok's Government House on Friday seeking the removal of Thailand's embattled caretaker government amid soaring political tensions following the ouster of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The People's Democratic Reform Committee, which has been protesting the government since November, is pushing to replace the caretaker administration with an unelected interim government.

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban told those gathered: "We will sleep here tonight, we will eat here."

The PDRC has been seeking to rid Thai politics of the alleged influence of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thaksin is Yingluck's brother and a telecommunications tycoon who was overthrown in a 2006 military coup. He has since lived in self-imposed exile to avoid a corruption conviction.

"If the speaker is a slave of Thaksin, there will be one treatment; if not, there will be another treatment for them," Thaugsuban said.

Some 20,000 protesters massed in the capital and split into groups. About 4,000 or 5,000 gathered outside Government House. That is the former prime minister's residence, but Yingluck has already vacated it.

Lt. Gen. Paradon Patthanathabut, security adviser to the government, told CNN the PDRC had mobilized supporters from the countryside to join the protests in the capital.

He said smaller groups also gathered at Bangkok television stations and other locations around the city.

"We are monitoring (the situation) closely," he said, adding that 60,000 security forces were on standby.

At the Royal Thai Police Club, command center of the temporary security task force, the Center for the Administration for Peace and Order, police used tear gas and water cannon on protesters who attempted to enter the complex, said Paradon. Four people were injured.

1. Why did protesters go to Bangkok's Government House?
2. Who is Suthep Thaugsuban?
3. What does PDRC stand for?
4. How many security forces were on standby?
5. In what country was this happening?
6. How many total protesters faced the 60000 security forces?
7. What is the name of the prime minister?
8. And so who is his brother?
9. What job did he used to have?
10. What happened with this old job?
11. Where is he living now?
12. Why is that?
13. And what happened with his brother Yingluck?
14. Who or what is governing Thailand now?
15. Was the interim government elected?
16. W?
17. Who is the security adviser to the government?
18. And what did he tell CNN?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. Wanted to oust the government
2. former Prime Minister
3. People's Democratic Reform Committee
4. 60,000
5. Thailand
6. Some 20,000
7. Yingluck Shinawatra
8. Thaksin Shinawatra
9. Prime Minister
10. overthrown in a military coup
11. self-imposed exile
12. to avoid a corruption conviction.
13. vacated his house
14. unknown
15. No
16. caretaker government
17. Lt. Gen. Paradon Patthanathabut
18. the PDRC had mobilized supporters from the countryside to join the protests in the capital.