Thai Buddhist monk and co-protest leader ” Luang Pu Buddha Isara” (C) gestures as he talks with government officials during negotiations in Bangkok on January 27, 2014. A Thai protest leader was shot dead on January 26 as fellow demonstrators besieged polling stations in Bangkok, disrupting advance voting for hundreds of thousands of people before next weekend’s general election. AFP PHOTO / PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL