Pptv Rally

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PPTV rally moves to nearby site

May 31, 2007 : Last updated 04:28 pm (Thai local time)

Rally organised by a satellite television station is moved to nearby area.

The move to Suan Missakawan area came as police barred supporters of PPTV from using the Royal Plaza. It is estimated at 4.30pm that about 400 people are gathering at the new site.

Earlier police closed traffic around the Royal Plaza where some supporters of PPTV started gathering ahead of a rally against the military junta.

Some 150 policemen, bomb squad and police dogs were deployed to the area.

Those who wanted to join the rally scheduled to start at about 4.30pm have to walk to the site as the traffic around the area is closed. It is reported that at about 4pm, police and security officials outnumbered demonstrators.

Although the rally is about the start, there is no mobile broadcast trucks.

The Nation

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Thaksin's supporters plan to protest

(BangkokPost.com) - More than 5,000 Thai Rak Thai supporters are expected to join a rally organised by People's Television on Thursday evening, according to Internal Security Operations Command.

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Skirmish occurs between police, demonstrators

May 31, 2007 : Last updated 05:32 pm (Thai local time)

A skirmish occurred between police and demonstrators at the rally site of PTV founders Thursday evening.

After police condoned the rally ground at the Misakawan Garden with barricades, a group of protesters, who were young men, tried to push and remove the barricades.

The skirmish took place about 10 minutes and some protesters also pelted police with water bottles. Both sides later retreated from the barricades.

No one was injured in the fight.

The Nation

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Anti-coup protesters rally in Bangkok on Thursday, demanding Council for National Security to step down and return power to people. The rally was organised by PPTV, a controversial satellite television station, that strongly criticised CNS.//Photo by Wanchai Kraisornkhajit

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PTV to hold anti-coup rally tonight

(BangkokPost.com) - Bangkok Metropolitan Administration allows operators of People's Television (PTV) to hold an anti-junta rally at Sanam Luang in Bangkok Saturday evening until midnight, deputy Bangkok governor Wallop Suwandee said.