Protesters seeking to oust Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra rallied outside her temporary office on Wednesday (February 19), creating another potential flashpoint a day after five people were killed in gun battles in Bangkok.

Tuesday's (February 18) clashes were some of the worst between protesters and security forces since the campaign to unseat Yingluck began in November. The Erawan Medical Center, which monitors Bangkok hospitals, said on Wednesday one police officer and four protesters had been killed and 65 wounded. The death toll had earlier been put at four.

A security official said police would not attempt to retake more protest sites and would focus on protecting Yingluck, whose problems are mounting after an anti-corruption agency filed charges against her over a soured rice subsidy scheme.

The protests are the latest installment of an eight-year political battle broadly pitting the Bangkok middle class and royalist establishment against the mostly ru